CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Illinois men's tennis left East Lansing, Mich. with nine wins at the Drobac/Beeman Invite from Sept. 30 - Oct. 2 hosted by Michigan State. 

Day one

Sophomore transfer Mathis Debru started off the victories when he defeated Notre Dame's Jameson Corsillo 6-1, 3-0 (ret.) before freshman Kenta Miyoshi picked up a 5-7, 6-2, 10-1, win against Fighting Irish, Braeden Ho. 

Freshman Tyler Bowers won his first collegiate match against the host school's Reed Crocker, 6-2, 6-2. 

"It felt great to be competing and repressing Fighting Illini Tennis in my first of many matches to come in Orange and Blue," Bowers said. "Having the team in my corner adds an extra level of comfort and excitement when I'm out on court competing. Can't wait for the next 4 years of playing for the University of Illinois."

Lucas Horve battled until the end against Michigan State's Anthony Pero, ultimately falling, 6-4, 5-7, 11-9. 

In doubles play, Miyoshi and Debru went 2-0 when they beat Notre Dame's Ho and Corsillo and Michigan State's David Saye and Kazuki Matsuno, 6-1.

Horve and Bowers took one apiece after beating Michigan State's Pero and Crocker 6-2 and falling to Michigan's Will Cooksey and Patorn Hanchaikul, 6-1. 

Day two 

Debru carried his momentum into the next by defeating Matsuno, 6-4, 6-2. However, the Frenchman dropped his second match of the day to Michigan's Bjorn Swenson, 6-4, 6-3. 

Miyoshi also battled a Spartan in singles, beating Saye 6-4, 6-3, but dropping his other match to Michigan's Andrew Fenty, 6-0, 6-2.

Horve defeated Northwestern's Saiprakash Goli, 4-6, 6-2, 12-10, but lost his other match 6-4, 6-3, to Cooksey. 

"With this being my first tournament back this fall," Horve said, "these matches were exactly what I needed to get back in the physical and mental shape that I need to be in."

Bowers lost both his singles matches on the day, one to Hanchaikul 6-7, 6-0, 10-2, and the other to Max Bengtsson, 6-3, 6-0. 

Day three

Debru picked up his third win at the tournament after outlasting Western Michigan's Peter Kuszynski, 3-6, 6-2, 13-11. 

Miyoshi, Bowers and Horve each lost their singles match – Miyoshi to Western Michigan's Anton Arzhankin, 6-4, 6-2, Bowers to Notre Dame's Noah Becker, 6-3, 6-4, and Horve to Notre Dame's Brian Bilsey, 6-2, 6-4. Bisley and Becker also defeated Bowers and Horve, 6-4, in doubles. 

Miyoshi and Debru also dropped their doubles match to Arzhankin and Kuszynski, 6-3.

Results

Singles competition
 Mathis Debru (Illinois) def. Jameson Corsillo (Notre Dame) 6-1, 3-0
 Kenta Miyoshi (Illinois) def. Braeden Ho (Notre Dame) 5-7, 6-2, 10-1
 Tyler Bowers (Illinois) def. Reed Crocker (Michigan State) 6-2, 6-2
 Anthony Pero (Michigan State) def. Lucas Horve (Illinois) 6-4, 7-5, 11-9
 Mathis Debru (Illinois) def. Kazuki Matsuno (Michigan State) 6-4, 6-2
 Bjorn Swenson (Michigan) def. Mathis Debru (Illinois) 6-4, 6-3
 Kenta Miyoshi (Illinois) def. David Saye (Michigan State) 6-4, 6-3
 Andrew Fenty (Michigan) def. Kenta Miyoshi (Illinois) 6-0, 6-2
 Lucas Horve (Illinois) def. Saiprakash Goli (Northwestern) 4-6, 6-2, 12-10
 Will Cooksey (Michigan) def. Lucas Horve (Illinois) 6-4, 6-3
 Patron Hanchaikul (Michigan) def. Tyler Bowers (Illinois) 7-6, 6-0, 10-2
 Max Bengtsson (Northwestern) def. Tyler Bowers (Illinois) 6-3, 6-0
 Mathis Debru (Illinois) def. Peter Kuszynki (Western Michigan) 3-6, 6-2, 13-11
 Anton Arzhankin (Western Michigan) def. Kenta Miyoshi (Illinois) 6-4, 6-2
 Noah Becker (Notre Dame) def. Tyler Bowers (Illinois) 6-3, 6-4
 Brian Bilsey (Notre Dame) def. Lucas Horve (Illinois) 6-2, 6-4
 

Doubles competition
 Mathis Debru/Kenta Miyoshi (Illinois) def. Braeden Ho/Jameson Corsillo (Notre Dame) 6-1
 Mathis Debru/Kenta Miyoshi (Illinois) def. David Saye/Kazuki Matsuno (Michigan State) 6-1
 Lucas Horve/Tyler Bowers (Illinois) def. Anthony Pero/Reed Crocker (Michigan State) 6-2
 Lucas Horve/Tyler Bowers (Illinois) def. Will Cooksey/Patron Hanchaikul (Michigan) 6-1
 Tyler Bowers/Lucas Horve (Illinois) def. Brian Bilsey/Noah Becker (Notre Dame) 6-4
 Kenta Miyoshi/Mathis Debru (Illinois) def. Anton Arzhankin/Peter Kuszynki (Western Michigan) 6-3