Michigan
Minnesota
Wolverines Shut Out on Road by No. 27 Minnesota
3/8/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- The University of Michigan men's tennis team was unable to adjust to quick pace of the courts at the 98th Street Racquet Club, losing 7-0 to No. 27-ranked Minnesota Friday evening (March 8). The Wolverines (6-4, 0-3 Big Ten) were unable to capture a team point as the Golden Gophers won two of the three doubles matches to claim the team point and swept all six singles matches.
Michigan's doubles tandem of senior co-captain Henry Beam (Kalamazoo, Mich./Loy Norrix HS) and freshman Matt Lockin (Lilburn, Ga./S.D. Independent Study) kept Minnesota from a doubles sweep by winning their 10th consecutive match, posting a 9-8 victory by a 14-12 score in the tiebreaker against Eric Robertson and Reven Stephens. Lockin was the only Wolverine to win a set in singles, losing 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-3 to Chris Wettengel at No. 4.
The Wolverines complete the road trip Sunday (March 10, 11 a.m. CST) against Wisconsin at the Nielsen Tennis Center in Madison, Wis. U-M will be looking to gain its first conference win of the season.
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 -- #1 Harsh Mankad (MINN) d. Henry Beam, 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 -- Thomas Haug (MINN) d. Ben Cox, 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 -- Aleksey Zharinov (MINN) d. Anthony Jackson, 7-6(2), 6-1
No. 4 -- Chris Wettengel (MINN) d. Matt Lockin, 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-3
No. 5 -- Avery Ticer (MINN) d. Greg Novak, 6-2, 6-4
No. 6 -- Boris Kuharic (MINN) d. David Anving, 6-3, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 -- Mankad/Haug (MINN) d. Chris Rolf/Chris Shaya, 8-3
No. 2 -- Beam/Lockin (MICH) d. Eric Robertson/Reven Stephens, 9-8(12)
No. 3 -- Ticer/Zharinov (MINN) d. Novak/Jackson, 8-5
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