Michigan
Vanderbilt
Michigan Earns Big Home Win Over Vanderbilt
2/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Score: #18 Michigan 5, Vanderbilt 2
Records: U-M (5-1), Vanderbilt (5-1)
Next U-M Match: Friday, Feb. 22 -- vs. Northwestern (Varsity Tennis Center), 6 p.m.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 18-ranked University of Michigan men's tennis team pulled out a solid 5-2 victory over No. 35-ranked Vanderbilt Sunday afternoon (Feb. 10)at the Varsity Tennis Center. The Wolverines (5-1) posted their second straight doubles sweep, and freshmanChris Madden(Lotus, Calif./Ponderosa HS) and senior Matko Maravic(Zagreb, Croatia/V. Gimnazija) earned comeback singles wins at Nos. 6 and 3, respectively, to provide U-M with its first triumph over the Commodores (5-1) since 1980.
Maravic and sophomore George Navas(Tampa, Fla./Tampa Preparatory School) captured six of the first seven games en route to an 8-3 victory over Ryan Preston and Bryant Salcedo at No. 2, giving the Wolverines the early leg up in doubles. Maravic and Navas remain undefeated in six dual matches and hold a team-best eight-match winning streak.
U-M's No. 23-ranked pairing of sophomore Mike Sroczynski(Chatham, N.J./Laurel Springs School) and freshman Jason Jung(Torrance, Calif./West Torrance HS) broke Nick Cromydas and Evan Dufaux in the second game at No. 1 and held serve for the remainder of the match to win 8-5 and clinch the doubles point for Michigan. Sroczynski and Jung have been victorious in 12 of 14 matches in 2007-08, including four of five in dual-match play.
Madden and junior Andrew Mazlin(Altamonte Springs, Fla./Lyman HS) completed Michigan's fourth doubles sweep in six matches this season thanks to an 8-5 decision over Adam Baker and Vijay Paul at No. 3. Mazlin and Madden broke Baker and Paul to go ahead 7-5 and then held serve in the ensuing game to improve to 5-0 in dual-match action. The Wolverine duo has won nine of 11 overall, including six straight.
Junior Peter Aarts(Pound Ridge, N.Y./Fox Lane HS) continued his spectacular play in singles, earning a commanding 6-0, 6-3 triumph over Dufaux at No. 5 to put Michigan in front 2-0. Aarts leads the team in overall singles victories with 16.
Preston kept the Commodores in contention, as he ended Sroczynski's five-match winning streak with a 7-6(3), 6-3 decision at No. 1. Madden then stepped up and delivered the most important victory of his young career, battling back to beat Alex Zotov 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 at No. 6 to bring the Wolverines within one point of clinching the team win. Madden has been triumphant in three of his four outings at the sixth position this season.
Maravic also fell behind a set in his match against Cromydas at No. 3, but he stormed back for 6-4 wins in the remaining two frames to clinch the team victory for the Maize and Blue. The third set saw Maravic break Cromydas to go up 5-4 before taking care of his final service game to wrap up the comeback win.
Mazlin went toe to toe with Salcedo for a majority of the match at No. 4. The two were on serve throughout the first two sets, with each player winning in a tiebreaker. The third set was on serve until Mazlin broke Salcedo in the final game to win 6-4.
The Wolverines will take next weekend off before returning to the Varsity Tennis Center Friday (Feb. 22) for a 6 p.m. match against Northwestern.
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 -- Ryan Preston (Vanderbilt) d. Mike Sroczynski, 7-6(3), 6-3
No. 2 -- #79 Vijay Paul (Vanderbilt) d. #55 Jason Jung, 2-6, 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 -- Matko Maravic (U-M) d. Nick Cromydas, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 -- Andrew Mazlin (U-M) d. Bryant Salcedo, 7-6(4), 6-7(2), 6-4
No. 5 -- Peter Aarts (U-M) d. Evan Dufaux, 6-0, 6-3
No. 6 -- Chris Madden (U-M) d. Alex Zotov, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 -- #23 Jung/Sroczynski (U-M) d. Cromydas/Dufaux, 8-5
No. 2 -- Maravic/Navas (U-M) d. Preston/Salcedo, 8-3
No. 3 -- Madden/Mazlin (U-M) d. Adam Baker/Paul, 8-5
Order of Completion: Doubles 2-1-3, Singles 5-1-6-2-3-4
Contact: Marc Ressler (734) 763-4423
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