Feb. 19, 2012

Results

By Tyler Wooten
SIUSalukis.com

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The Southern Illinois men's tennis team bounced back to .500 Sunday against SIU-Edwardsville, besting the Cougars, 5-2.

The Salukis (2-2, 0-0) took the doubles point for the third straight match and won four of six singles matches en route to their victory over the Cougars (1-5, 0-0). Capturing doubles wins were the duos of senior Stanislas Rodier and junior Badr Cherradi (8-0) and junior Orhan Spahic and freshman Szymon Opieczonek (8-4), at Nos. 2 and 3 respectively.

Cherradi led the way for the Salukis in singles at the No. 1 spot, winning a marathon match against previously unbeaten Marten Jonsson of SIU-Edwardsville, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10-7). Cherradi's three set tiebreak match clocked in at three hours, 16 minutes.

Rounding out Saluki singles wins were Rodier (6-1, 7-6 at No. 2) and juniors Brandon Florez (6-0, 6-2 at No. 3) and Jordan Snyder (8-3 at No. 6).

The Salukis return to action Mar. 2 at Marquette to launch a five-match road trip.

Singles:
1. Badr Cherradi (SIU) def. JONSSON, Marten (SIUE) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10-7)
2. Stanislas Rodier (SIU) def. CHRISTENSEN, Morten (SIUE) 6-1, 7-6
3. Brandon Florez (SIU) def. FAULKENBERG, Devan (SIUE) 6-0, 6-2
4. VINCENT, Nicolas (SIUE) def. Martijn Admiraal (SIU) 6-7 (0-7), 6-2, 6-3
5. TANULANOND, Jacob (SIUE) def. Orhan Spahic (SIU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
6. Jordan Snyder (SIU) def. WASHUTA, Stephen (SIUE) 8-3