The Valparaiso men's tennis team racked up eight wins in the opening day of the Purdue Fall Invitational Friday.

Teams competing in the Purdue Fall Invitational include: Butler, Case Western, Chicago, Chicago State, Cleveland State, DePaul, Eastern Kentucky, Iowa, IUPUI, Marquette, Memphis, Tennessee Tech, Toledo, UW Green Bay, Valparaiso, Vincennes and Western Michigan.

Sophomore Dave Bacalla (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) got things rolling with a convincing straight set victory over Purdue's Mateus Silva, 6-2, 6-1. Bacalla will face Toledo's Stjepan Sisko in the second round tomorrow.

Jeffrey Schorsch (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg) slid past DePaul's David Vieyra 6-4, 6-4 Friday to advance to second round action. Schorsch will face Green Bay's Leo Gomez Islinger Saturday morning. 

Sophomore Charlie Emhardt (Carmel, Ind./Carmel) rebounded from a first downturn to capture a 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory over Western Michigan's Matt Hamilton. Emhardt and Eastern Kentucky's Juanjo de la Llera have a date in tomorrow's second round. Fellow sophomore Kyle Dunn (Fond du Lac, Wis./Fond du Lac) downed IUPUI's Thomas Hulme 6-3, 6-4 to move on and play EKU's Florian Graskamp Saturday morning.

University of Chicago’s Sven Kranz defeated freshman Garrett Gardner (Poland, Ohio/Poland) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Gardner will meet Butler’s Austin Woldmoe in the consolation bracket.

Junior Michael Savaglio (Kenosha, Wis./Mary D. Bradford) made quick work of Cleveland State freshman Kevin Goth, 6-1, 6-2. Savaglio will have a second round showdown with Green Bay's Jared Leto on Saturday. University of Chicago's Brian Sun was able to advance versus Valpo's Brian Hickey (Western Springs, Ill./Fenwick) via a 6-3, 6-2 score. Hickey will face Eastern Kentucky's Colin Hart in the consolation bracket Saturday.

Junior Lucas Waak (Manitowoc, Wis./Roncalli) defeated EKU's Jonas Stropus 6-4, 7-5. The veteran will challenge Western Michigan's Jimmy Beckwith tomorrow. Freshman Chase Hamilton (Hinsdale, Ill./Central) handed IUPUI's Matt Moe a 6-2, 6-3 defeat. Hamilton then dropped a 6-3, 6-3 decision to Western Michigan's Marc Shideler. 

Junior Daniel Oakes (Elburn, Ill./Saint Charles North) scored a 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) win over Chicago State's Rashley Yeremia before dropping a 6-1, 6-3 match to IUPUI's Patrick O'Neill. 

Day two of singles play continues tomorrow in West Lafayette, Indiana along with the onset of doubles action.