April 5, 2008

CHARLESTON, Ill. ---- The Samford men's tennis team extended its Ohio Valley Conference win streak to four Saturday afternoon as they slipped by Eastern Illinois, 4-3, in the Bulldogs' third road match in a row. The win takes the Samford men to 9-6 overall while the Panthers drop to 10-7 overall and 4-2 in conference play.

Samford got off to a good start by capturing the doubles point as the Bulldogs swept all three duo match-ups.

In singles play, both teams won three matches a piece but the double point gave Samford the edge and the win. Jordan Delass, Brian Dushock and Oliver Reynolds all won singles matches for Samford. Delass defeated Vuk Milicevic (7-5, 6-2) at the No. 2 court while Dushock downed Chris Thomas (6-3, 7-5) at the No. 5 spot and Reynolds came from behind after the first set to beat Felipe Gama at the No. 6 position.

The Bulldog men are back in action Sunday morning as the play their fourth road match in a five match string. Samford will take on the Murray State men at 10 a.m. at the Bennie Purcell Tennis Courts.

Samford 4, Eastern Illinois 3

Doubles
1. Huffman/Grant (SAM) def. Stedman Thomas (EIU), 8-6
2. Delass/Walsh (SAM) def. Nestrud/Bush (EIU), 8-3
3. Silveira/DeWet (SAM) def. Rutherford (EIU), 8-4

Singles
1. Jeff Rutherford (EIU) def. Renan Silveira (SAM), 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (3-0)
2. Jordan Delass (SAM) def. Vuk Milicevic (EIU), 7-5, 6-2
3. Robert Stedman (EIU) def. Sam Huffman (SAM), 6-3, 7-5, (5-0)
4. Jordan Nestrud (EIU) def. Hank Grant (SAM), 2-6, 6-1, 7-5
5. Brian Dushock (SAM) def. Chris Thomas (EIU), 6-3, 7-5
6. Oliver Reynolds (SAM) def. Felipe Gama (EIU), 1-6, 6-2, 6-2