BLOOMINGTON, Ill.-- The Illinois State men's tennis team (7-16, 2-3 SUMMIT) battled to a 5-2 victory over the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (5-18, 0-5 SUMMIT) on Saturday inside Evergreen Racquet Club. The Birds finish the Summit League Conference Regular Season with a record of 2-3 

The Birds picked up the doubles point with wins from the pair of juniors Adrian Dibildox (Monterrey, Mexico) and Tomas Valencia (Santiago, Chile) at the No. 1 position. Freshman Christian Capacci (Forlimpopoli, Italy) and freshman Manuel Pavia (Lana, Italy) secured the second win for the Birds at No. 3 over ORU's Brewer and Holloway by a score of 6-3. 

As play shifted to singles competition, ISU picked up four singles wins.  Valencia secured a straight set win over ORU's Filho by scores of 6-2, 6-3. Dibildox battled to a 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (2) win at the No. 2 position in a thrilling tiebreaker.  Capacci took care of Eli Brewer in straight sets in straight sets 7-5, 6-1 at No. 4. The final Redbird win came thanks to junior Jett Leong (Melbourne, Australia) who took ORU's Aaron Brewer to a tiebreaker by scores of 4-6, 6-2, 10-6.

DOUBLES:

No. 1- Adrian Dibildox/Tomas Valencia (ISU) def. Filho/Nage (ORU) 6-3

No. 2- Tin Ostro/Caden Scarlett (ISU) vs. E. Brewer/Evans (ORU) 4-4 (UNF)

No. 3- Christian Capacci/Manuel Pavia (ISU) def. A. Brewer/Holloway (ORU) 6-3

SINGLES:

No. 1- Tomas Valencia (ISU) def. Filho (ORU) 6-2, 6-3 

No. 2- Adrian Dibildox (ISU) def. Nage (ORU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (2)

No. 3- Tin Ostro (ISU) def. Evans (ORU) 6-1, 6-2

No. 4- Christian Capacci (ISU) def. E. Brewer 7-5, 6-1

No. 5- Jett Leong (ISU) def. A. Brewer 4-6, 6-2, 10-6

No. 6- Holloway (ORU) def. Caden Scarlett (ISU) 6-3, 6-2

UP NEXT-

The Birds will wait to find out their fate for the 2025 Summit League Championships from April 18-19 in Denver, CO, hosted by Denver University.

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