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at #31 Indianapolis (9-2, 2-0 GLVC): 8
#24 Southern Indiana (11-6, 1-1 GLVC): 1
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INDIANAPOLIS—The No. 24 University of Southern Indiana men's tennis team suffered its first regular-season Great Lakes Valley Conference setback since 2011 Friday as the No. 31 University of Indianapolis handed the Screaming Eagles an 8-1 loss.

USI (11-6, 1-1 GLVC), which had won 13 straight regular-season GLVC matches, fell behind, 2-1, after taking losses at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles. UIndy (9-2, 2-0 GLVC) won all six singles matches in straight sets to hand the Eagles their worst conference loss since 2009—USI lost to UIndy, 8-1 on April 11, 2009.

Senior Santiago Lopez and sophomore Joel Stern combined for the Eagles' only win, an 8-3 triumph at No. 2 doubles. Sophomore Jack Joyce and freshman Joe Bray nearly gave USI a 2-1 edge heading into singles play, but the duo lost, 9-8, at No. 1 doubles.

The Eagles return to action Saturday at noon when they visit Lewis University in a men's and women's doubleheader in Romeoville, Illinois.