By: The Blueboys suffered their second and third losses of the season on Saturday in a home tri-meet with Webster University and Judson University.
JACKSONVILLE, Ill. – The Illinois College men's tennis team dropped a pair of home matches on Saturday to visiting Webster University and Judson University by identical 9-0 scores. The Blueboys fall to 0-3 on the season with the setbacks.
Eli Rhoad was the closest to securing a point for Illinois College on the day when he faced Webster's Ivan Prgomet at No. 2 singles. Rhoad fell by a 6-1 count in the first set, but rebounded for a 7-6 (8-6) win in a second set tiebreaker. Moving on to a third set tiebreaker, the Gorloks' No. 2 man was able to come away with a 10-5 victory. Playing at No. 1,
Anthony Samples was handed a 6-0, 6-1 defeat by Webster's Travis Blair.
It was tougher sledding for the Blueboys elsewhere on the ladder, as
T.J. Lawal,
Brandon Hollenbeck,
DeVaughn Green and
Jacob Moodie all lost 6-0, 6-0 decisions to both Webster and Judson.
The Blueboys make their first road trip of the season next weekend, traveling north to face the three Wisconsin schools in the Midwest Conference. IC will meet St. Norbert and Lawrence on March 28, and then follows that with a March 29 showdown with Ripon College.
