MEN’S TENNIS

The HU men’s tennis team headed to the outskirts of the Windy City over the weekend to do battle with Prairie State College at the H-F Racquet & Fitness Club where they suffered a 5-4 loss to the Pioneers. It’s just the second time these two programs have met with the last favoring Huntington 8-1 back on April 7, 2018.

Things started off well for Coach Eckert’s crew as they captured a pair of wins in doubles action for the early lead. Unfortunately, a much-improved Pioneer squad roared back to win four points in singles play for the come-from-behind win.

The Foresters are 1-1 this spring, 9-6 overall. They now have a long break before hosting Earlham on March 27.

SINGLES RECAP
No. 1 – Jofre Tura (PSC) def. Ignacio Poncio (HU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 – Illia Turaba (HU) def. Marek Slojewski (PSC) 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 – Renan Caleffo (PSC) def. Giovanni Martinez (HU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 – Natnael Fekadu (PSC) def. Sebastian Salas (HU) 7-5, 4-6, 1-0
No. 5 – Niko Rongos (HU) def. Ulises Barradas (PSC) 7-6, 6-3
No. 6 – Panashe Garah (PSC) def. Luke Buttermore (HU) 6-4, 6-4

DOUBLES RECAP
No. 1 – Tura/Slojewski (PSC) def. Poncio/Rongos (HU) 8-6
No. 2 – Turaba/Salas (HU) def. Caleffo/Barrades (PSC) 9-8
No. 3 – Martinez/Buttermore (HU) def. Garah/Natnael Fekadu (PSC) 8-5