Wolverines Have Win Streak Snapped by Fighting Irish

Thursday, March 6

South Bend, Ind.

4:00 PM

Michigan

Notre Dame

3/6/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The University of Michigan men's tennis team had its two-match winning streak snapped Thursday (March 6), falling to No. 46 Notre Dame at the Eck Tennis Pavilion. The Wolverines (5-5) only managed two wins in singles action after surrendering the doubles point to Notre Dame to begin the match.

Rubin collected one of U-M's points with a straight-set win over No. 88 Luis Haddock.

The Fighting Irish earned the first point of the afternoon by securing victories at No. 2 and No.3 in doubles competition. Senior Chris Rolf (Midland, Mich./Midland HS) and sophomore Michael Rubin (Canton, Ohio/Canton Central Catholic HS) prevented the doubles sweep, defeating Brent D'Amico and Matthew Scott 8-5 at the top spot.

In singles competition, Notre Dame posted wins in four of six matches to clinch the team victory. Sophomores David Anving (Tvaaker, Sweden/Varbergs Gymnasieskola) and Rubin claimed U-M's only two singles wins, improving their dual match records to a team-best 8-2. Anving posted a 7-5, 6-3 win over Brian Farrell at No. 4, while Rubin upset No. 88-ranked Luis Haddock 7-6(4), 6-1 at No. 1.

The Wolverines open the Big Ten Conference schedule next Saturday (March 15) when they return home to the Varsity Tennis Center for a noon match with No. 22 Ohio State.

Following are match-by-match results:

Singles
No. 1 -- #101 Michael Rubin (U-M) d. #88 Luis Haddock, 7-6(4), 6-1
No. 2 -- Matthew Scott (ND) d. Anthony Jackson, 6-1, 4-6, 1-0(8)
No. 3 -- Brent D'Amico (ND) d. Chris Shaya, 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 -- David Anving (U-M) d. Brian Farrell, 7-5, 6-3
No. 5 -- Patrick Buchanan (ND) d. Josef Fischer, 7-5, 6-3
No. 6 -- Nicolas Lopez-Acevedo (ND) d. Vinny Gossain, 6-3, 6-3

Doubles
No. 1 -- Chris Rolf/M. Rubin (U-M) d. D'Amico/Scott, 8-5
No. 2 -- Farrell/Haddock (ND) d. Shaya/Gossain, 8-6
No. 3 -- Lopez-Acevedo/Paul McNaughton (ND) d. Fischer/Jackson, 8-5

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