USI TENNIS TEAM DROPS MATCHÂ TO DRURY UNIVERSITYÂ
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—The University of Southern Indiana men’s team dropped a 4-0 decision to the No. 1 seed Drury University in the first round of the GLVC Tournament Friday afternoon at the UIndy Tennis Center.
Due to weather, the men’s and women’s tournament were moved indoors across town at the UIndy Tennis Center and Butler University on Friday. The Eagles (11-13, 2-3 GLVC) were the No. 4 seed from the east division as it entered match day.
Overall, USI finished 69-68 in singles matches where sophomore Spencer Blandford (Louisville, Kentucky) compiled a 16-7 record with freshman Marvin Kromer (Dogern, Germany) and freshman Martin Linares (Buenos Aires, Argentina) followed suit with 14-8 and 14-7 singles records, respectively.
In doubles, USI’s sophomore duo of Blandford and Kooper Falkenstein (Jeffersonville, Indiana) posted a team-best doubles record of 13-7 on the season.
This season is capped off by an All-GLVC honor in senior Ilia Karelin (Ekaterinburg, Russia) who finished 11-14 in singles play and 10-14 in doubles matches. The USI team as a whole also received the 2019 James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award from the conference.
