Michigan
Big Ten Singles Championship
Navas Reaches Consolation Final at Big Ten Singles
11/2/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Site: Madison, Wis. (Nielsen Tennis Stadium)
Event: Big Ten Singles Championship
Scoring: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Monday, Nov. 3 -- Big Ten Singles Championship - Consolation Final (Madison, Wis.)
• Results
MADISON, Wis. -- Senior Peter Aarts (Pound Ridge, N.Y./Fox Lane HS) of the University of Michigan men's tennis team concluded main-draw action with a third-round defeat, while junior George Navas (Tampa, Fla../Tampa Preparatory School) advanced to the consolation final with three wins at the Big Ten Singles Championship today (Sunday, Nov. 2) at Nielsen Tennis Stadium.
Aarts, who was the No. 9 seed in the main draw, picked up two wins on Saturday (Nov. 1) to advance to the third round but fell in today's third-round match. Aarts took on Slavko Bijelica from Purdue. Bijelica took the first set 6-2, but Aarts battled back in the second set before falling 7-6 to Bijelica, who will play in the semifinal on Monday (Nov. 3).
In consolation action, Navas won three matches today to advance to the consolation final on Monday. In opening-round action yesterday, Navas picked up a 6-3, 7-6(6) win over Northwestern's Alex Sanborn and reached the consolation quarterfinals with a 6-0, 6-2 win today over Iowa's Tom Murziewicz.
Navas then reached the semifinals with a 6-4, 2-6, 10-8 win over Purdue's Patrick Rose and advanced to the final with a 7-5, 5-7, 10-4 win over Northwestern's Tobias Reitz. Navas will take on Minnesota's Julian Dehn for the consolation title tomorrow.
Sophomore/freshman Drew Daniel (Overland Park, Kan,/Laurel Springs School) also reached the consolation third round. The redshirt freshman picked up a 7-6(8), 6-4 win over Patrick Dwyer from Iowa and advanced to the third round in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4 over Purdue's Eric Ramos before falling to Penn State's Jason Lee, 7-5, 5-7 10-4 to conclude action at the Big Ten Singles Championship.
Junior Matt Parks (Troy, Mich./Troy HS) also took part in the consolation draw. He fell in the first round to Michigan State's Scott Rasmussen, 6-3, 7-5.
Navas is the lone Wolverine who will compete tomorrow (Monday, Nov. 3) as he plays in the consolation final at Wisconsin's Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison, Wis.
Following are U-M's complete results:
Peter Aarts
First Round - d. Griffin Nienberg (Purdue), 7-6(3), 6-1
Second Round - d. Santiago Gruter (Indiana), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
Third Round - l. Slavko Bijelica (Purdue) 6-2, 7-6
Finished with a 2-1 record
Drew Daniel
First Round - l. Pete Rispoli, (Northwestern), 7-5, 6-3
Consolation First Round - d. Patrick Dwyer (Iowa), 7-6(8), 6-4
Consolation Second Round - d. Eric Ramos (Purdue), 6-4, 6-4
Consolation Third Round - l. Jason Lee (Penn State), 7-5, 5-7, 10-4
Finished with a 2-2 record
George Navas
First Round - l. Will Kendall (Indiana), 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
Consolation First Round - d. Alex Sanborn (Northwestern), 6-3, 7-6(6)
Consolation Second Round - d. Tom Murziewicz (Iowa), 6-0, 6-2
Consolation Quarterfinals - d. Patrick Rose (Purdue), 6-4, 2-6, 10-8
Consolation Semifinals - d. Tobias Reitz (Northwestern), 7-5, 5-7, 10-4
Advances to consolation final
Matt Parks
First Round - l. Eric Spector (Northwestern), 6-3, 6-2
Consolation First Round - l. Scott Rasmussen (Michigan State), 6-3, 7-5
Finished with a 0-2 record
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