The University of Southern Indiana men’s tennis team swept Truman State University 9-0 Saturday afternoon, in a neutral site matchup at Reservoir Park in Quincy, Illinois.
USI (3-3) took control early, dominating in all three doubles matches. Picking up the first point the Screaming Eagles was the duo of sophomore Andrew Dones (Georgetown, Indiana) and sophomore Ilia Karelin (Ekaterinburg, Russia) as they defeated Griffin Turnage and Nick Thiele 8-1 at number three doubles.
Senior Aaron Barris (Marietta, Georgia) and junior Samuel Kiladejo (London, England) made it 2-0 USI with an 8-2 win. Rounding out doubles for the Eagles was sophomore James Hardiman (Backwell, Bristol, United Kingdom) and freshman Denis Davydov (Chorvatsky Grob, Slovakia) where they tallied an 8-2 victory at number two.
With Hardiman not playing singles, USI moved everyone up a flight. This was no problem for the Eagles, as they went on to win each match. Barris won at number three to open singles play, 6-2, 6-2.
Junior Jack Lipchik (Kokomo, Indiana) picked up the win at number five, defeating Conner Frazier 6-0, 6-4. Davydov, Kiladejo, Karelin and Dones also picked up easy wins in their respective matches.
USI is back at it tomorrow when they take on Quincy University at 10 a.m. in Quincy, Illinois.
