Day one
The pair shut out DePaul’s Jona Gitschel and Shourya Verma, 8-0, in the first doubles match of the tournament.
Horve also faced Verma in singles play, beating him, 6-2, 7-5. Bowers won his singles match, 6-1, 6-1, against Gitschel, the second win of his collegiate career.
Day two
Horve and Bowers began the second day of competition with an 8-6 doubles win against the host school’s Nam Pham and Tomas Valencia.
Horve picked up another sweep in singles play when he defeated Chicago State’s Pedro Alvarez, 7-6, 6-3.
Bowers faced off with Chicago State’s Hugo Hidalgo Vega, battling and winning, 6-0, 4-6, 10-7,
Day three
The grind of the weekend caught up to Horve and Bowers, as they narrowly lost their doubles match, 8-6, to Alvarez and Hidalgo Vega.
Bowers battled against Vega and defeated him again, 6-0, 4-6, 10-7, sealing his 3-0 in singles action in the tournament.
Horve had a rematch with Alvarez for singles play, but dropped the battle, 7-6, 6-3.
Up next
The Illini are set to compete in the Dayton Invitational from Oct. 14-16 hosted by Dayton University.
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