EVANSVILLE, Ind.-- The University of Southern Indiana men's tennis team defeated the University of Illinois Springfield, 9-0, Saturday afternoon in their first home match in 6 weeks and their first match at the USI Tennis Courts. The team's fifth straight win moves the 45^th-ranked Screaming Eagles to 10-3 on the season and 1-0 in Great Lakes Valley Conference competition.
 
Two USI doubles teams won their matches without dropping a set, 8-0. The senior duo of Jack Joyce (Bournemouth, England) and Joel Stern (Mjoelby, Sweden) picked up their sixth straight win and remain undefeated when competing together in 2015-16. Freshman James Hardiman (Blackwell Bristol, United Kingdom) and junior Aaron Barris (Marietta, Georgia) also picked up the 8-0 win sending the match into singles play. 
 
Hardiman started singles play with a 6-1, 6-3 win at number-three. At number-one, sophomore Samuel Kiladejo (London England) fended off UIS's Cole Buehnerkemper in the first set 7-6 (7-3), before winning the second set 6-3. Junior Paul Forichon (Nimes, France) moved to 14-3 on the season in singles play with his 6-2, 6-0 win at five while freshman Ilia Karelin (Ekaterinburg, Russia) picked up his first win since March 5.
 
The Eagles will make the two-hour drive north in the morning to take on Rose-Hulman University in the team's final non-conference match. In Terre Haute, the match gets started at 11 a.m.