CHICAGO, Ill. - The Cleveland State men's tennis team opened play at the DePaul Invite Friday, notching a pair of 4-2 victories against DePaul and Eastern Kentucky to give head coach Brian Etzkin 300 career wins with the Cleveland State men's team.

In the opening match, the Vikings picked up the early doubles point against DePaul, with Carl Gedlitschka and JuandeDios Abboud earning a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles and Maxime Mareschal-Hay and Mikael Erler posting a 7-5 win at the No. 3 spot.

Cleveland State was then able to add to their lead over the first two matches of singles play, as Gedlitschka earned a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 6 singles and Devin Boyer picked up a 7-6(7), 6-1 victory at the No. 5 spot.

DePaul responded with wins at the top of the lineup and No. 4 singles then, before Kade Mindry posted the clinching point for the Vikings with a 6-3, 6-4 decision at No. 2 singles.

The Vikings carried their momentum into the second match of the day, picking up all four points against Eastern Kentucky in singles play.

Gedlitschka picked up his second win of the day with a walkover win at No. 5 singles, while Erler earned a 7-6(3), 7-5 at the No. 2 spot.

Mindry added his second win of the day with a 7-5, 6-3 decision at No. 3 singles, while Raul Teichmann picked up a 6-3, 6-2 victory at the No. 4 spot to give the Vikings their sixth straight victory.

With his win against EKU, Teichmann picked up his team-leading 15th singles win of the season, while it also marked the 48th singles win of his career as he is tracking down a 50-win milestone.

Erler extended his current singles win streak to nine straight matches - including four wins in a shortened spring season - after picking up his win at No. 2 singles against Eastern Kentucky.

The Vikings will close out play at the DePaul Invite tomorrow (Saturday, February 25), facing Army at 3:15 p.m. EST.