March 8, 2008

Milwaukee - The Marquette University men's tennis team (9-4) opened its weekend homestand with a 7-0 non-conference victory over Chicago State Saturday afternoon at the Helfaer Tennis & Recreation Center.

The Golden Eagles will wrap up the weekend's play Sunday morning when the squad hosts Buffalo at 10 a.m.

Marquette opened play by sweeping all three doubles matches to claim the point and move ahead 1-0. Senior Brett Binkley and sophomore Mark Rutherford improved to 21-7 on the year with an 8-4 victory at the No. 1 position over Prakoso and Prabowo Imanuel.

MU also swept through singles action, not dropping a set at any of the six positions. Freshman Juan-Martin Paredes made his Marquette debut and responded with a 6-1, 6-0 decision over Cameron Shanklin of CSU.

Also posting singles victories for the Golden Eagles were Trent Hagan, Stephen Shao, Niko Boulieris, Mark Rutherford and Brett Binkley.

Tennis Match Results
Chicago State vs Marquette
Mar 08, 2008 at Milwaukee, WI
Marquette 7, Chicago State 0
Singles competition:
1. Trent Hagan (MU) def. Prakoso Imanuel (CHST) 6-0, 6-3
2. Stephan Shao (MU) def. Prabowo Imanuel (CHST) 6-3, 7-6
3. Niko Boulieris (MU) def. Abram Mamahit (CHST) 6-0, 6-0
4. Mark Rutherford (MU) def. Toni Todoric (CHST) 6-2, 6-0
5. Brett Binkley (MU) def. Aumir Ahmad (CHST) 6-4, 6-2
6. Juan-Martin Paredes (MU) def. Cameron Shanklin (CHST) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles competition:
1. Brett Binkley/Mark Rutherford (MU) def. Prakoso Imanuel/Prabowo Imanuel (CHST) 8-4
2. Stephen Shao/Dusan Medan (MU) def. Abram Mamahit/Aumir Ahmad (CHST) 8-3
3. Greg Sirotek/Graydon Klassen (MU) def. Jonathan Sutjadi/Cameron Shanklin (CHST) 8-7
Match Notes:
Chicago State 1-11
Marquette 9-4