The Illinois Springfield men's tennis team wrapped up its fall schedule at the Dwight Davis College Open in St. Louis, where weekend rain forced a compressed slate of play. After Saturday's matches were washed out, the Prairie Stars powered through a full day of singles and doubles competition on Sunday to close their fall season on a strong note.
Singles Action
In Flight A,Â
Pablo Herrera fell 6-0, 6-4 in Sunday's quarterfinals against Eric Kuo, whileÂ
Antonio Ayerbe Streubel dropped a 6-2, 6-3 decision to Shaan Patel.
In Flight B,Â
Lin En Tan turned in one of the team's top performances of the tournament. Tan cruised past Danijel Blagojevic 6-0, 6-0 in his quarterfinal and then outlasted Drew Koval 6-1, 4-6, 11-9 in a thrilling semifinal. With finals canceled due to weather, Tan finished as a flight semifinalist in the rain-shortened event.
Miran Todorovic reached the Flight C quarterfinals, where he fell 6-3, 6-2 to Ruslan Anurev. In Flight D,Â
Luke Pennington dropped a 6-4, 6-4 match to Andres Castellanos Carillo.
In consolation play,Â
Colton Pazdera (Flight B) lost 6-0, 6-4 in his quarterfinal, whileÂ
Lukas Pieringer (Flight E) also fell 6-0, 6-4.Â
Kai Van-Roon (Flight D) picked up a 6-0, 6-0 victory in his consolation quarterfinal before remaining rounds were canceled.
Doubles Results
The Prairie Stars also competed in four doubles flights, packing all remaining rounds into Sunday.
In Flight 1,Â
Lin En Tan andÂ
Miran Todorovic dropped their opening East Quarterfinal 6-2 but advanced by bye in the West draw before falling 6-4 in the West Final to Lorenzo Biava and Luca Morbioli.
In Flight 2,Â
Pablo Herrera andÂ
Lukas Pieringer fell 6-2 in their East Quarterfinal, then 6-0 in the West Semifinal. The shortened scheduled did not allow time for the South Final.
Flight 3 sawÂ
Kai Van-Roon andÂ
Luke Pennington pick up a 6-1 quarterfinal win over Manaye Mossman and Kolten Tabbert before a 6-2 setback in the semifinal to Drew Koval and Nathan Tam. Their playoff match was among the canceled rounds.
In Flight 4,Â
Colton Pazdera andÂ
Antonio Ayerbe Streubel opened with a 6-2 win over Kai Gustafson and Jean Sanabria before narrowly falling 7-5 in the semifinal to Nicolas Sanchez Gomez and Samuel Sanchez.
Despite the rain-shortened weekend, UIS earned valuable match experience and momentum heading into the championship season this spring. The Dwight Davis College Open marks the conclusion of the Prairie Stars' 2025 fall schedule.