Northwestern Falls 4-1 at Illinois

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Northwestern fell 4-1 at No. 9 Illinois on Sunday. 

The loss dropped the Wildcats to 5-4 on the season. 

The Wildcats earned a hard-fought doubles point. with a 6-4 win at No. 3 from Gleb Blekher and Natan Spear and 7-6 (6) tiebreaker win from Chris Ephron and Dominik Stary at No. 2.

Full results can be found below:

Tennis Match Results
Northwestern vs Illinois
3/14/2021 at Urbana, Ill. (Atkins Tennis Center)

#9 Illinois 4, Northwestern 1

Singles
1. Siphosothando Montsi (ILL) def. Dominik Stary (NU) 6-2, 6-1
2. Alex Brown (ILL) vs. Nick Brookes (NU) 2-6, 5-4, unfinished
3. Zeke Clark (ILL) vs. Chris Ephron (NU) 6-3, 3-1, unfinished
4. Noe Khlif (ILL) def. Trice Pickens (NU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Hunter Heck (ILL) def. Simen Bratholm (NU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Kweisi Kenyatte (ILL) def. Gleb Blekher (NU) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
1. Zeke Clark/Alex Brown (ILL) def. Nick Brookes/Simen Bratholm (NW) 6-3
2. Chris Ephron/Dominik Stary (NU) def. Hunter Heck/Kweisi Kenyatte (ILL) 7-6 (8-6)
3. Gleb Blekher/Natan Spear (NU) def. Siphosothando Montsi/Noe Khlif (ILL) 6-4

Northwestern 5-4 Illinois 8-2; National ranking #9
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,1,5,4)