Urbana, Ill. -- The Nebraska men's tennis team (0-4, 0-4 Big Ten) dropped a hard-fought match to No. 9 Illinois (8-2, 5-1 Big Ten), 4-0, on Sunday at the Atkins Tennis Center.
Juniors Victor Moreno Lozano and William Gleason fell short to Alex Brown/Zeke Clark, 6-1 at No. 1 doubles to start off the match. Siphosothando Montsi/Noe Khlif earned the doubles point for the Fighting Illini after a 6-2 win over sophomore Shunya Maruyama and freshman Nic Wiedenhorn at the No. 3 position.
In singles play, junior Patrick Cacciatore lost a 6-2, 6-0 contest to Lucas Horve at No.