RIVERSIDE, Calif.—Thursday marked yet another good outing for the UC Riverside Men's Tennis Team which swept a home doubleheader to improve to 10-8 on the season. The Highlanders topped Illinois State 6-1 in a morning matchup before downing Concordia-Irvine 5-2 in the afternoon.

"I think the guys performed very well against Illinois State, coming out to take the doubles point and fighting to a 6-1 win over a good team," Head Coach Mattias Johansson said. "The next match was a little tougher for us after playing earlier in the morning but we showed resiliency and fought through. This shows what the will to win can fo to a person despite tired bodies and minds, and rested opponents. To be able to get the second win despite all of that what a great experience to witness."

ILLINOIS STATE
The matchup with the Cardinals was a won handily by the Highlanders who claimed the doubles point and five singles matches.

The duo of Anderson Ju and Fillip Engstrom gave the team its first win of the day taking court one 6-4 and the team of Gilbert Chung and Nabil Abdallah sealed the doubles point edging out their opponents 7-6 on court three.

In singles, freshman Andreas Whelan-Merediz notched an impressive 6-2, 6-3 win on five before Chung's comeback on three put UCR up 3-0. Senior Kyle McCann clinched the overall mach with his straight set victory on court one and both Abdallah and sophomore Vignesh Subramanyan took three set wins on courts two and four, respectively.

CONCORDIA IRVINE
The Highlanders' second matchup was a a bit different as the team dropped the doubles point despite a 6-4 win on court two for McCann and Whelan-Merediz.

Subramanyan was the first off in singles adding his second straight singles win with a 6-3, 6-1 triumph on court five. Chung and Abdallah followed with sweeps of their own and McCann and Whelan-Merediz battled back from first set losses to take their matches in three.