Tennis teams look for redemption
Both the men’s and women’s tennis teams are looking to go back to their winning ways against the Eastern Kentucky Colonels on Saturday after losing to Jacksonville State Wednesday.
Last time the women’s tennis team faced Eastern Kentucky, it lost by a score of 2-5.
Only one woman from the current team won her match last year against the Colonels. Junior Annie Egan won her first set 6-1, lost her second set 5-7, but won her third set 10-7.
In doubles, two teams won their matches last year against Eastern Kentucky.
The two teams that won matches were Egan and senior Cara Huck, and junior Amanda Dibbs and sophomore Merritt Whitley. Egan and Huck won their match with a score 8-5. Dibbs and Whitley won their match with a score of 9-7.
Over the past three seasons, the Panthers record overall against the Colonels stands at 0-3.
Currently, the women’s tennis team is 5-4 overall for the season, while holding a record of 1-1 in the Ohio Valley Conference. They are 4-4 on the road and are 1-0 on neutral courts.
Like the women lost to the Colonels last year, the men’s team also lost to the Colonels.
The men’s tennis team lost to Eastern Kentucky to a score of 5-2.
Only one person currently on the men’s tennis team won a match last year against the Colonels as sophomore Michael Sperry won his first set 6-4 and won his second set 6-3.
In doubles, all of the men’s doubles teams lost to Eastern Kentucky last year.
In the past three seasons, the men’s tennis team is at 1-2 against the Colonels with them only winning in 2008. They beat Eastern Kentucky with a score of 5-2 at Richmond, Ky.
In the past previous three seasons, the men’s tennis team is 0-1 against Eastern Kentucky at home.
The men’s tennis team is now at 10-13 overall and 3-5 in the Ohio Valley Conference. They are 1-4 at home, 6-7 away, and 3-2 on neutral courts.
Both the men’s and women’s matches are slated for 11 a.m. Saturday at Eastern’s Rex Darling Courts.
Grant Truccano can be reached at 581-7942 or gatruccano@eiu.edu.
Tennis teams look for redemption
Matyas Hilgert, a junior management major, goes to hit the ball March 8 during a tennis match against Kaskaskia College on the Rex Darling Courts. The men’s and women’s teams will host Eastern Kentucky Saturday and Morehead State Sunday. (Seth Schroeder
