Purdue Closes Regular Season Conference Play vs. No. 52 IllinoisPurdue Closes Regular Season Conference Play vs. No. 52 Illinois

Purdue Closes Regular Season Conference Play vs. No. 52 Illinois

The Purdue men's tennis team fell on Sunday in their last conference road match of the season to No. 52 Illinois, 4-1.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Purdue men's tennis team fell on Sunday in their last conference road match of the season to No. 52 Illinois, 4-1.


Athell Bennett and Piotr Galus bested their matchup against No. 60 Lucas Horve and Hunter Heck to give Purdue a single doubles win at No. 1. The Fighting Illini snagged the doubles point with 6-4 and 6-2 wins at No. 2 and 3. 


Illinois took a 3-0 lead at No. 1 and 3 singles to raise their score. 


Rohan Sachdev answered back and overtook his opponent in the first set of his singles match over Alex Brown, 6-1, with a tougher fight the second set, but prevailed and scored a singles point for the Boilermakers.


Dating back to April 15, 1999 was the Boilermakers first meeting between the Illini in Champaign.


UP NEXT
The Boilers will make a road trip to Madison, Wisc. to begin Big Ten Tournament play this week. 


PURDUE (9-13, 2-6) – 1, No. 52 ILLINOIS (12-13, 4-4) – 4
Singles

1. No. 65 Hunter Heck (ILL) def. Athell Bennett (PUR) - 6-3, 6-2
2. Gabriele Brancatelli (PUR) vs. Siphosothando Montsi (ILL) - 6-7(4), 1-2, unfinished
3. No. 61 Olivier Stuart (ILL) def. Sebastian Welch (PUR) - 6-0, 6-0
4. Rohan Sachdev (PUR) def. Alex Brown (ILL) - 6-1, 7-5
5. Lucas Horve (ILL) def. Piotr Galus (PUR) - 6-3, 6-3
6. Michal Wozniak (PUR) vs. Gabrielius Guzauskas (ILL) - 6-2, 2-5, unfinished


Doubles
1. Athell Bennett/Piotr Galus (PUR) def. No. 60 Lucas Horve/Hunter Heck (ILL) - 6-1
2. No. 71 Alex Brown/Gabrielius Guzauskas (ILL) def. Gabriele Brancatelli/Tomasz Dudek (PUR) - 6-4
3. No. 79 Olivier Stuart/Siphosothando Montsi (ILL) def. Sebastian Welch/Michal Wozniak (PUR) - 6-1


Order of Finish
Singles: 3,1,4,5
Doubles: 1,3,2