Michigan
Virginia
Michigan Falls Short Against No. 1 Virginia
2/3/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Score: #1 Virginia 5, #21 Michigan 2
Records: U-M (3-1), Virginia (5-0)
Next U-M Match: Friday, Feb. 8 -- vs. North Carolina State (Varsity Tennis Center), 6 p.m.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 21-ranked University of Michigan men's tennis team dropped its first match of the 2008 dual-match season Sunday afternoon (Feb. 3), falling 5-2 to No. 1-ranked Virginiaat the Varsity Tennis Center. The Wolverines (3-1) got off to a solid start by squeezing out an intense doubles point, but the Cavaliers (5-0) won five of the singles matches to clinch the team victory.
Senior Matko Maravic(Zagreb, Croatia/V. Gimnazija) and sophomore George Navas(Tampa, Fla./Tampa Preparatory School) found themselves down a break at 4-3 to No. 17-ranked Ted Angelinos and Lee Singer at No. 2 doubles, but the Wolverine tandem turned the one-game deficit into a 7-4 advantage by breaking the Cavalier duo two straight times while taking care of their service games. Angelinos and Singer earned another break to cut the lead to 7-5 before Maravic and Navas served out the match to win 8-5 and give Michigan the early momentum. The Wolverine pair is 6-1 overall and 4-0 in dual match play.
U-M's No. 23-ranked team of sophomore Mike Sroczynski(Chatham, N.J./Laurel Springs School) and freshman Jason Jung(Torrance, Calif./West Torrance HS) came within two points of upsetting the nation's top-ranked tandem of Somdev Devvarman and Treat Huey at No. 1. Sroczynski and Jung jumped out to a 3-0 lead and held a 7-6 edge before Devvarman and Huey stormed back to claim the final three games and a 9-7 victory.
Junior Andrew Mazlin(Altamonte Springs, Fla./Lyman HS) and freshman Chris Madden(Lotus, Calif./Ponderosa HS) got off to a fast start against No. 28-ranked Michael Shabaz and Sanam Singh at No. 3, taking six of the first eight games. The Virginia duo struck back by winning six of the next seven to gain an 8-7 advantage. Mazlin and Madden stayed tough, holding serve to send the match into a tiebreaker. The U-M pair rode the momentum into the extra frame and won by a 7-2 count to clinch the first team point for the Wolverines. Mazlin and Madden hold a 7-2 overall record, including a perfect 3-0 dual match mark.
Virginia's No. 83-ranked Houston Barrick handed junior Peter Aarts(Pound Ridge, N.Y./Fox Lane HS) just his fourth loss in 18 matches this year, 6-1, 7-6(3) at No. 5 singles, to even the team score at 1-1. Devvarman, the top-ranked singles player in the country, put the Cavaliers in the lead for the first time with a 6-3, 7-5 win over No. 55-ranked Jung at No. 1. Virginia went up 3-1 thanks to No. 12-ranked Huey's 6-4, 7-6(5) triumph over Maravic at No. 2.
Mazlin jumped out in front of Singh at No. 4 with a 7-5 victory in the first set. Singh, however, found his rhythm and went on to take the remaining two sets, 6-1, 6-2, and wrap up the team win for the Cavaliers.
Sroczynski kept his perfect dual-match record intact at 3-0 with a gritty 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(8) comeback win over Shabaz at No. 3 for Michigan's second team point. Srcozynski is 10-3 overall in 2007-08.
The last match of the day saw Madden fall short of comeback against Angelinos at No. 6, 6-0, 6-7(6), 6-2.
The Wolverines return to the Varsity Tennis Center on Friday (Feb. 8) for a 6 p.m. match against North Carolina State.
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 -- #1 Somdev Devvarman (Virginia) d. #55 Jason Jung, 6-3, 7-5
No. 2 -- #12 Treat Huey (Virginia) d. Matko Maravic, 6-4, 7-6(5)
No. 3 -- Mike Sroczynski (U-M) d. Michael Shabaz, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(8)
No. 4 -- Sanam Singh (Virginia) d. Andrew Mazlin, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 -- #83 Houston Barrick (Virginia) d. Peter Aarts, 6-1, 7-6(3)
No. 6 -- Ted Angelinos (Virginia) d. Chris Madden, 6-0, 6-7(6), 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- #1 Devvarman/Huey (Virginia) d. #23 Jung/Sroczynski, 9-7
No. 2 -- Maravic/George Navas (U-M) d. #17 Angelinos/Lee Singer, 8-5
No. 3 -- Madden/Mazlin (U-M) d. #28 Shabaz/Singh, 9-8(2)
Order of Completion: Doubles 2-1-3, Singles 5-1-2-4-3-6
Contact: Marc Ressler (734) 763-4423
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