MSU Men's Tennis Team Fell to No. 17 Illinois

Sunday, March 25

Champaign, Ill.

12:00 PM CT

Michigan State University

Illinois

3/25/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

March 25, 2001

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The Michigan State men's tennis team fell to the 17th-ranked Fighting Illini, 7-0, Sunday, March 25 at Atkins Tennis Center in Champaign, Illinois.

Playing his second match at No. 6 singles, sophomore Jason Chen (Okemos, Mich.) was dropped by Ben Schreiber 6-4, 6-4. At No. 2 singles, sophomore Adam Hourani (Lansing, Mich.) was defeated by Michael Calkins, 6-3, 6-0. Freshman Mike Hodge (Grand Rapids, Mich.) played his second career match at No. 1 singles only to be defeated by Philip Stolt, 6-0, 6-2.

The Spartans (6-11, 0-3 Big Ten) return home to begin a four-match home stretch, beginning with Wisconsin on Saturday, March 31 at 12:00 p.m.

Illinois def. Michigan State, 7-0

Singles Results#1 Philip Stolt (UI) def. Mike Hodge (MSU) 6-0, 6-2#2 Mike Kosta (UI) def. Adam Hourani (MSU) 6-4, 6-2#3 Michael Calkins (UI) def. Rodrigo Abucham (MSU) 6-3, 6-0#4 Nathan Zeder (UI) def. Mike Jonckheere (MSU) 6-1, 6-0#5 Jamal Parker (UI) def. Josh Efros (MSU) 6-4, 6-2#6 Ben Schreiber (UI) def. Jason Chen (MSU) 6-4, 6-4

Doubles Results#1 Parker/Stolt (UI) def. Hodge/Eric Simonton (MSU) 8-3#2 Kosta/Calkins (UI) def. Hourani/Jonckheere (MSU) 8-1#3 Zeder/Amer Delic (UI) def. Abucham/Chen (MSU) 8-3