DePaul University
South Dakota St.
Men's Tennis Sweeps South Dakota St.
3/17/2017 12:00:00 AM | MEN'S TENNIS
CHICAGO - The DePaul men's tennis team extended its undefeated record at home to eight with a 7-0 sweep over South Dakota St. on Friday evening at Lakeshore Sport & Fitness.
DePaul (10-5) now owns a two-match win streak with the win and is 5-5 in its last 10.
In doubles action, the Blue Demons quickly earned the point with wins at all three spots. Tim Corwin and Boris Spanjaard started the action with a 6-1 finish over Emerson Styles and Chuck Tang at No. 2. Another 6-1 score was added at No. 1 by Alex Galoustian and Nathan de Veer who defeated Jonny Hingham and Marco Castro. Fran Tonejc and Christopher Casati bested Gabrial Santos and Lucas Pereira at No. 3 6-3.
DePaul carried its doubles success over to singles play.
Notably, Casati recorded his fourth win a row with a 6-3, 6-1 finish over Santos at No. 4.
Galoustian played at the top spot for the second match in a row to defeat Styles 6-1, 6-2, while de Veer notched his15th overall win with a 6-2, 6-1 mark over Higham at No. 2.
Corwin played the No. 6 spot for the first time this season to earn a 6-3, 6-0 win over Pereira.
The Blue Demons return competition on Saturday to take on No. 37 Notre Dame at the Eck Tennis Pavilion at 5 p.m.
RESULTS:
DePaul 7, South Dakota St. 0
Doubles:
1. Galoustian/de Veer (DPU) def. Higham/Castro (SDSU)- 6-1
2. Corwin/Spanjaard (DPU) def. Styles/Tang (SDSU)- 6-1
3. Tonejc/Casati (DPU) def. Santos/Pereira (SDSU)- 6-3
Singles:
1. Galoustian (DPU) def. Styles (SDSU)- 6-1, 6-2
2. de Veer (DPU) def. Higham (SDSU)- 6-2, 6-1
3. Spanjaard (DPU) def. Castro (SDSU)- 6-4, 6-4
4. Casati (DPU) def. Santos (SDSU)- 6-3, 6-1
5. Tonejc (DPU) def. Tang (SDSU)- 7-6 (2), 7-5
6. Corwin (DPU) def. Pereira (SDSU)- 6-3, 6-0
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