April 11, 2006

Chicago, Ill.- The UIC men's tennis team snatched the doubles point, but the Flames could not hold off Butler on the singles side as the Bulldogs came away with a 5-2 dual match win on Sunday.

UIC captured the doubles point with two different wins. Ivan Kovalev and Andy Lockhart overwhelmed Brandon Gill and Parker Ross with an 8-2 win, while Paul Glendenning and Eric Fey rallied back to earn an 8-6 victory that clinched the one-point UIC lead.

Kovalev went on to earn a huge No. 1 singles win over Gill, winning the first set and the match tiebreaker.

But UIC could not add to their momentum as the Flames were edged in five hard-fought singles matches, including a strong effort by Fey in his No. 6 singles loss to Eric Breitenbach.

Butler improved to 11-9 and 4-0 in league play.

UIC hosts UW-Green Bay at the UIC Outdoor Courts this Friday at 2:00 p.m.

Butler 5, UIC 2
SINGLES:
1. Ivan Kovalev (UIC) def. Brandon Gill (BU) 6-1, 5-7, 1-0 (8)
2. James Low (BU) def. Paul Glendenning (UIC) 6-1, 6-2
3. Parker Ross (BU) def. Erico Kasjan (UIC) 6-3, 6-2
4. Andy Bartish (BU) def. Adriano Liccardo (UIC) 6-0, 6-2
5. Evan West (BU) def. Andy Lockhart (UIC) 6-2, 6-4
6. Eric Breitenbach (BU) def. Eric Fey (UIC) 6-2, 7-6 (3)
DOUBLES:
1. Kovalev/Lockhart (UIC) def. Gill/Ross (BU) 8-2
2. Bartish/Low (BU) def. Liccardo/Kasjan (UIC) 8-3
3. Fey/Glendenning (UIC) def. Tony Aker/ Breitenbach (BU) 8-6