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April 5, 2002

Southern Indiana Overpowers Cougars

         EVANSVILLE, Ind. - With five straight-sets victories in singles, Southern Indiana eased past Southern Illinois Edwardsville 8-1 in men's college tennis action Friday.
         SIUE (4-4, 3-1 GLVC) suffered its first Great Lakes Valley Conference defeat. Chris Rigdon (Glen Carbon) was the lone Cougar to win a match. Rigdon defeated Daniel Halim in a super tie-breaker 11-9, which replaced the third set. Both players had won a set apiece.
         The Cougars return to action Saturday at Bellarmine, facing the Knights in a 9 a.m. match in Louisville, Ky.
Southern Indiana 8, SIUE 1

Singles
1. Paulus Halim (USI) def. Heath Turpin (SIUE) 6-0, 6-3
2. Weston Phillips (USI) def. Francisco Perez (SIUE) 6-3, 6-4
3. Chris Crawford (USI) def. Andy Renner (SIUE) 6-1, 6-2
4. Bhavesh Chadda (USI) def. Doug Kummer (SIUE) 6-0, 6-0
5. Ethan Davis (USI) def. Mike Schmidt (SIUE) 6-3, 6-1
6. Chris Rigdon (SIUE) def. Daniel Halim (USI) 7-5, 4-6 (11-9*)
*Super tie-breaker

Doubles
1. P. Halim/Crawford (USI) def. Turpin/Rigdon (SIUE) 8-2
2. Chadda/Davis (USI) def. Perez/Kummer (SIUE) 8-4
3. Phillips/Chris McCreight (USI) def., Renner/Schmidt (SIUE) 8-1

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