Men's Tennis Downed by No. 23 Minnesota

Saturday, January 16

Minneapolis, Minn.

4:00 PM

South Dakota State University

Minnesota

Jacks pick up a pair of doubles win at ITAs

1/16/2016 8:04:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: SDSU Sports Info

MINNEAPOLIS—In just its second dual match of the season, the South Dakota State men's tennis team lost 7-0 to No. 23 Minnesota Saturday afternoon at the Baseline Tennis Center in Minneapolis.

"With the way we fought today, we set ourselves up for a great season," sixth-year head coach Michael Engdahl said. "We proved we can hang with the best of them; now we need to hit the practice courts hard and work on our execution. We are doing the right things, headed in the right direction and it is only a matter of time before these matches start tilting in our favor."

Senior Mateus Moreira and freshman Emerson Styles each won a set in their respective singles matches. Moreira won the second set at No. 3 singles, 6-3, to tie the match with Justyn Levin, but the senior lost 6-2 in the third.

Styles came out strong at No. 3 singles, defeating Josip Kratanvic, 7-5, in the opening set. Kratanvic tied the match with a 6-2 win in the second. Styles lost the tiebreaker, 10-6.

The Jackrabbits return to action Jan. 29 when they play at Marquette at 2 p.m.

Singles
No. 1 – Felix Corwin (UM) def. Henrique Pereira (SDSU), 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 – Matic Spec (UM) def. Lovro Curcija (SDSU), 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 – Josip Krstanovic (UM) def. Emerson Styles (SDSU), 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (10-6)
No. 4 – Justyn Levin (UM) def. Mateus Moreira (SDSU), 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
No. 5 – Marino Alpeza (UM) def. Lucas Pereira (SDSU), 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 – Jeremy Lynn (UM) def. Chuck Tang (SDSU), 6-4, 6-4

Doubles
No. 1 Doubles – Corwin/Levin (UM) def. Emerson Styles/Moreira (SDSU), 6-0
No. 2 Doubles – Spec/Krstanovic (UM) def. Tang/Pereira (SDSU), 2-3, unfinished
No. 3 Doubles – Alpez/Sprinkel (DP) def. Curcija/Jonny Higham (SDSU), 6-1