The Illinois State men's tennis team dropped its match to Iowa on Saturday in Iowa City for only its second loss of the season. After a big weekend at home with wins against Northern Illinois and Western Michigan, the Illinois State men's tennis team travels to Iowa City to compete in matches against Toledo and Iowa Feb. 23 and 24. The Illinois State men's tennis team defeated Western Michigan in its second home meet of the season on Sunday with two doubles wins and three singles wins. The Illinois State men's tennis team brought down Northern Illinois in its first home meet of the season with five singles wins and three doubles wins. The Illinois State men's tennis team made quite an impact at the Missouri Valley Conference Individual Championships by taking home first round victories in six of seven singles matches and two of three doubles matches.
Redbirds Fall to No.
The Illinois State men's tennis team opens its spring season this weekend with matches at Louisville on Friday and Western Kentucky on Saturday. They also lead Virginia, 6-1, after the singles portion of the duals. Illinois State men's tennis team won all four singles matches in a 5-1 victory over Oklahoma at the Navy Invitational Friday afternoon. The doubles team of Albert Piasecki and Brent Steven, along with singles player Yew Ming Si have advanced into Saturday's quarter-final rounds of the Ball State Invitational Tennis Tournament. The Illinois State men's tennis team added Ricky Heath, a transfer from Cumberland College, to its 2000-2001 roster.