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<br /><br />The Purdue men's tennis team returned to the Schwartz Tennis Center on Saturday after a streak of road matches to take on the Bellarmine Knights and the Eastern Illinois Panthers. 

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. –  The Purdue men's tennis team returned to the Schwartz Tennis Center on Saturday after a streak of road matches to take on the Bellarmine Knights and the Eastern Illinois Panthers. 
 
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PURDUE VS. BELLARMINE
After a cold streak in doubles, Tomasz Dudek and Andre Suzanne were able to edge out the first point, leaving an opening for Michal Wozniak and Milledge Cossu to take over the point for the Boilers. 
 
A quick start for Julen Morgan allowed him to edge out his first singles win of the season at No. 6 over Bellarmine's Matthew Rice, 6-0, 6-1. Following suit, Rohan Sachdev had a strong beginning to his match to overtake Emil Berglund, 6-0.
 
The Boilermakers finished with a 7-0 sweep of the Bellarmine Knights.
 
PURDUE VS. EASTERN ILLINOIS
Athell Bennett and Gabriele Brancatelli spoke early in the doubles match to take the first finish over Eastern Illinois' Cameron Slabbert and Leighton Brandon, 6-2. Milledge Cossu and Michal Wozniak answered the call soon after to raise Purdue's score 1-0.
 
Michal Wozniak and Milledge Cossu swept the first set of their single's match to give the Boilers an early start. 
 
Eastern Illinois received their first win of the season over Bellarmine before taking on Purdue. 
 
Rohan Sachdev sealed the deal at No. 5 over Pau Riera, 6-1, 6-1, followed by Michal Wozniak's sweep of Thomas Wallace, 6-0, 6-0 to improve the Boilermaker's score to 4-0 over the Panthers. 
 
Purdue continued their winning streak this afternoon by overtaking Eastern Illinois, raising their overall season record to 5-6.
 
UP NEXT
Purdue will return to the Schwartz Tennis Center on Saturday for a rescheduled doubleheader against Saint Louis beginning at 9 a.m. 
 
PURDUE (4-6) – 7, BELLARMINE (3-4) - 0
Singles
1. Athell Bennett (PUR) def. Cole Groetsch (BEL) - 6-1, 6-3
2. Tomasz Dudek (PUR) def. Paul Reynolds (BEL) - 6-1, 6-4
3. Michal Wozniak (PUR) def. Jack Batchelor (BEL) - 6-4, 6-3
4. Rohan Sachdev (PUR) def. Emil Berglund (BEL) - 6-1, 6-1
5. Milledge Cossu (PUR) def. Donovan Ecarma (BEL) - 6-4, 3-6 [10-6]
6. Julen Morgan (PUR) def. Matthew Rice (BEL) - 6-0, 6-1
 
Doubles
1. Athell Bennett/Gabriele Brancatelli (PUR) vs. Cole Groetsch/Jack Batchelor (BEL) - 5-4, unfinished
2. Michal Wozniak/Milledge Cossu (PUR) def. Paul Reynolds/Donovan Ecarma (BEL) - 6-2
3. Tomasz Dudek/Andre Suzanne (PUR) def. Emil Berglund/Matthew Rice (BEL) - 6-1
 
Order of Finish
Singles – 6, 4, 1, 2, 3, 5
Doubles – 3, 2
 
PURDUE (5-6) – 7, EASTERN ILLINOIS (1-11) - 0
Singles
1. Athell Bennett (PUR) def. Cameron Slabbert (EIU) - 6-2, 6-3
2. Gabriele Brancatelli (PUR) def. Charles Courteau (EIU) - 6-3, 6-1
3. Tomasz Dudek (PUR) def. Charles Corteau (EIU) - 6-2, 6-2
4. Rohan Sachdev (PUR) def. Pau Riera (EIU) - 6-1, 6-1
5. Michal Wozniak (PUR) def. Thomas Wallace (EIU) - 6-0, 6-0
6. Milledge Cossu (PUR) def. Max Pilipovic-Kljajic - 6-0, 6-1
 
Doubles
1. Athell Bennett/Gabriele Brancatelli (PUR) def. Cameron Slabbert/Leighton Brandon (EIU) - 6-2
2. Michal Wozniak/Milledge Cossu (PUR) def. Christos Kyrillou/Thomas Wallace (EIU) - 6-3
3. Tomasz Dudek/Andre Suzanne (PUR) vs. Charles Corteau/Pau Riera (EIU) - 5-5, unfinished