Box Score COLUMBIA, Ky. - The No. 10 ranked-Blue Raiders' men's tennis team utilized a clean sweep of (RV) Campbellsville (Ky.) to win their eighth consecutive match of the 2021 season and improve to 9-1 overall and 6-0 in conference play on Saturday afternoon at the Henry Baughman Tennis Complex.
Tiago Almeida and Steven Espinoza improved to 4-0 this season with a 6-1 win over Yuto Shimotsuji and Grayson Cullen to get things rolling for the Blue Raiders in the doubles' competition.
Nicolas Torrealba and Jan Silhavy clinched the doubles' point for Lindsey Wilson behind a 6-4 defeat of Raul Safont and Nicolas Verdu.
Then, Camilo Erazo and Aleksa Ciric -- ranked 14th in the NAIA in doubles -- handled Matus Sevcik and Mario Sanchez 6-4 to sweep the opening portion of Saturday's contest.
No. 27 Erazo and Silhavy propelled Lindsey Wilson to a 3-0 lead with respective victories in singles' competition before No. 38 Ciric secured the match for the home side with a straight-set defeat (7-6 (10-8), 7-5) of Raul Safont.
Almeida, Espinoza, and Torrealba also won their singles matches for the Blue Raiders en route to a 7-0 final.
Lindsey Wilson makes a trip to Georgetown (Ky.) on Monday, April 5 before returning to Columbia to wrap up the regular season on April 9 and 10 against Shawnee State (Ohio) and Thomas More (Ky.).