THE BASICS 

Score: Illinois Wesleyan 7, Emerson 2

Location: Orlando, Fla. 

Date: March 14, 2023

The Lead: The Emerson men's tennis team slipped to Illinois Wesleyan, 7-2, on Tuesday afternoon in their third day of spring break action. Sophomores Ryu Watanabe and Pete Sevikul tallied points for the Lions in the No. 1 and No. 2 singles.

LIONS LEADERS 

SINGLES

No. 1: Watanabe

No. 2: Sevikul

DOUBLES RESULTS

No. 1: Watanabe/Jeff Yu were topped by Ian Turnbull/Burk Carter (2-8)

No. 2: Sevikul/Leo Ishizuka were defeated by Ryan McCoy/Evan Turnbull (1-8)

No. 3: Noah Mesaros/Daniel Kennedy were defeated by Ben Vigneri/Zeke Cross (4-8)

SINGLES RESULTS 

No. 1: Watanabe defeated I. Turnbull (6-4, 7-5)

No. 2: Sevikul topped McCoy (5-7, 6-0, 6-1)

No. 3: Yu was defeated by Carter Buck (1-6, 7-6, 3-6)

No. 4: Ishizuka was topped by Vigneri (5-7, 1-6)

No. 5: Mesaros was defeated by E. Turnbull (6-7, 0-6)

No. 6: Kennedy was defeated by Griffin Hammond (0-6, 3-6)