Brad Dancer Head Coach | University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics Website
Brad Dancer Head Coach | University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics Website
Fighting Illini men's tennis players Hunter Heck and Karlis Ozolins have advanced to the Round of 16 in the NCAA Doubles Championship. The pair achieved this by winning a straight-set match on Tuesday afternoon at Oklahoma State's campus in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Ranked No. 12, Heck and Ozolins faced off against Notre Dame's No. 26-ranked duo, Sebastian Dominko and Jean-Marc Malkowski. They secured their victory with scores of 6-4 and 6-3.
The match began with Heck and Ozolins trailing but they managed to keep it close. After being down 4-3 in the first set, they won three consecutive games to take the set at 6-4.
In the second set, Heck and Ozolins gained an early lead of 2-0 and maintained their momentum to finish the set at 6-3, thus clinching the match.
Their next opponents will be Bozo Barun and Jared Horwood from Arkansas, who are ranked No. 30. The match is scheduled for Wednesday.
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