McLean County Times

Illinois State men's tennis faced a challenging match against the nationally-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish, resulting in a 6-1 defeat on Sunday afternoon at the Eck Tennis Pavilion in South Bend, Indiana.

In singles competition, Illinois State freshman Christian Capacci achieved a victory at No. 4, defeating Kyran Magimay of Notre Dame in straight sets with scores of 7-6 and 6-4.

The Redbirds are set to return to action on February 1st at Evergreen Racquet Club, where they will host Northern Illinois University Huskies from the Mid-American Conference. The match is scheduled to begin at 4:30 PM.

In doubles play, Corsillo and Zhang from Notre Dame defeated Caden Scarlett and Tomas Valencia of Illinois State with a score of 6-2. The second doubles match between Nad/Thompson (ND) and Christian Capacci/Tin Ostro (ISU) remained unfinished at 5-2. Becker and Bilsey from Notre Dame secured another win by defeating Tom Bevan and Manuel Pavia from Illinois State with a score of 6-1.

The singles matches saw Thompson (ND) overcoming Tomas Valencia (ISU) with scores of 6-3, 6-2; Zhang (ND) winning against Tin Ostro (ISU) with scores of 6-2, 6-2; Nad (ND) beating Jett Leong (ISU) with scores of 6-3, 6-4; Corsillo (ND) defeating Finn Logue (ISU) with scores of 6-3, 6-4; and Bilsey (ND) winning over Tom Bevan (ISU) with scores of 6-1, 6-2.

For updates on Illinois State men's tennis, fans can visit GoRedbirds.com or follow the team on "X" under the handle RedbirdMTEN and on Instagram at redbirdmtennis. Additional information including tickets and merchandise can also be found through GoRedbirds.com and the Illinois State Redbirds App.