Eagles Back in Win Column With Hot Weekend

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana celebrates a dominating weekend after defeating Mars Hill University on Thursday, 5-2, taking down the University of South Carolina Sumter on Friday, 7-2, and dominating Catawba College on Saturday, 5-2. South Carolina Sumter was ranked 10th nationally in JUCO. The Screaming Eagles improve to 8-3 on the season.
 
USI vs Mars Hill:
DOUBLES: The Eagles were dominate in all three doubles matches, dominating the Lions, taking all three matches to claim the match point. The number one doubles pairing of graduate Spencer Blandford (Louisville, Kentucky) and junior Preston Cameron (Floyds Knobs, Indiana) won handily in their match, defeating their opponent 6-1. In the number three doubles, junior Yahor Bahdanovich (Belarus) and freshman Quinten Gillespie (Whiteland, Indiana) took down their opponent swiftly, 6-3, to claim the doubles point for USI. It didn’t stop there for the Eagles, as the number two doubles pairing of junior Lucas Sakamaki (Floyds Knobs, Indiana) and senior Marvin Kromer (Germany), finished off their opponent easily, 6-3.
 
SINGLES: Mars Hill started to mount a comeback, taking the number two singles match. But it wasn’t enough as USI would take the next three matches to claim the win for the Eagles. Kromer was able to take down his opponent nicely in the number five singles, 6-1 6-1. Sakamaki followed Kromer, winning the number four singles in quick fashion, 6-1 6-2. In the number six singles, Gillespie was able to take down his opponent, 6-1 6-2, to clinch the victory for USI. The Lions would go on to take the number one singles before Blandford was able to come back in the number three singles and win the final match for USI in the third set, 4-6 6-2 6-3.
 
USI vs South Carolina Sumter:
DOUBLES: The Eagles started quickly, winning the number one doubles as the pairing of junior Preston Cameron (Floyds Knobs, Indiana) and graduate Spencer Blandford (Louisville, Kentucky) made easy work of their match, 8-3. The Fire Ants worked back shortly after, taking the number three doubles match. USI came right as the number two doubles pairing of junior Lucas Sakamaki (Floyds Knobs, Indiana) and senior Marvin Kromer (Germany), finished off their opponent swiftly, 8-3.
 
SINGLES: The Eagles stayed hot going into the singles matches. Kromer got things started winning the number five singles match, 6-1 6-1. Junior Yahor Bahdanovich (Belarus) followed him winning the number two singles in a strong match, 6-0 7-6 (7-5). South Carolina Sumter started to mount a comeback after taking the number six singles. USI bounced right back in the number three singles as Blandford was able to secure the match victory for the Eagles after winning a tough match in the third set, 5-7 6-2 6-1. USI wasn’t finished there, as the number four single Sakamaki won his match in the third set, 5-7 6-0 6-1. The Eagles finished off the day with a victory from the number one singles in senior Parker Collignon (Owensboro, Kentucky) after halting a Fire Ants comeback, 6-2 4-6 7-5.
 
USI vs Catawba:
DOUBLES: USI continued their domination in doubles matches on Saturday, taking all three wins to claim the doubles point, going a combined 8-1 on the weekend in doubles. The number three doubles pairing of junior Yahor Bahdanovich (Belarus) and freshman Quinten Gillespie (Whiteland, Indiana) got things started, winning their match in a straight sweep, 6-0. The number one pairing of junior Preston Cameron (Floyds Knobs, Indiana) and graduate Spencer Blandford (Louisville, Kentucky) worked their way to their third doubles victory of the weekend by taking down their opponent easily, 6-3. The Eagles finished off the doubles matches as the number two pairing of junior Lucas Sakamaki (Floyds Knobs, Indiana) and senior Marvin Kromer (Germany) also earned their third win of the weekend, swiftly defeating their opponent, 6-3.
 
SINGLES: The Eagles made quick work of the Indians as they took the first four singles matches to claim the match victory. Gillespie got things started for USI in the number six singles, dominating his opponent, 6-1 6-0. Sakamaki followed up Gillespie’s domination with a win of his own in the number four singles, winning the first set 6-4 and going up 3-0 in the second set before his opponent retired, giving Sakamaki the victory. In the number three singles, Blandford saw an easy victory, to seal the match win for Southern Indiana, taking down his opponent, 6-3 6-1. The number five singles was another quick win for USI, Kromer took care of his opponent in straight sets, 6-0 6-2. Catawba would go on to win the number two and one singles matches to finish off the match.