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Michigan Takes Down Badgers in B1G Quarterfinals
4/27/2018 8:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis
» Michigan moves on to the B1G Tournament semifinals for the third consecutive year.
» Alex Knight clinched the match for U-M and improved his record to a team-leading 25-5 on the year.
» Michigan earned its 20th win of the season -- the third consecutive season with at least 20 wins and seventh in program history.
Site: Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex)
Event: Big Ten Tournament (Quarterfinals)
Score: #13Â Michigan 4, Wisconsin 1
Records: U-M (20-4), U-W (14-12)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, April 28 – vs. Illinois - B1G Semifinals (Iowa City, Iowa), 2 p.m. CDT
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The third-seeded University of Michigan men's tennis team won the doubles point and clinched three singles victories en route to a 4-1 win over sixth-seeded Wisconsin on Friday afternoon (April 27) in the Big Ten Tournament at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex. With the victory, U-M advances to the semifinals for the third consecutive season and will take on No. 2 seed Illinois tomorrow (Saturday, April 28) at 2 p.m. CDT.
The Wolverines claimed the doubles point with victories at Nos. 2 and 3. The duo of senior Alex Knight and freshman Harrison Brown made quick work at No. 3 doubles with a 6-2 triumph. Wisconsin earned a 6-3 win at No. 1 before the No. 72-ranked combination of senior Runhao Hua and freshman Mattias Siimar clinched the doubles point for the Maize and Blue with a 6-3 win at the two spot.
Michigan earned five out of six first set wins in singles play -- including three in a tiebreak. Senior Carter Lin won in straight-sets at No. 6 to claim U-M's second point of the afternoon, 6-4, 6-4. Siimar, playing at No. 4, won his first set by a score of 6-4, and then battled back from a 5-3 deficit to earn a 7-5 second-set victory to put Michigan on the brink of a team win at 3-0.
No. 15-ranked Knight won his first set with an 8-6 tiebreaker, then held on in his second set for a 6-4 win to push the Maize and Blue into the next round of the Big Ten Tournament. Wisconsin earned its lone point prior to the clincher with a win at No. 3.
Michigan advances to the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament and will play No. 2 seed Illinois at 2 p.m. CDT in a rematch of last year's semifinal matchup.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 15 Alex Knight (U-M) def. Daniel Soyfer (U-W), 7-6 (8-6), 6-4
No. 2 -- No. 47 Runhau Hua (U-M) vs. Josef Dodridge (U-W), 7-6 (7-1), 4-6, 1-1, unfinished
No. 3 -- Chema Carranza (U-W) def. Myles Schalet (U-M), 7-5, 4-6, 6-1
No. 4 -- Mattias Siimar (U-M) def. Lamar Remy (U-W), 6-4, 7-5
No. 5 -- Carter Lin (U-M) def. Osgar O'Hoisin (U-W), 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 -- Davis Crocker (U-M) vs. Robert Krill (U-W), 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 3-0, unfinished
Doubles
No. 1 -- No. 8 Chema Carranza/Josef Dodridge (U-W) def. Myles Schalet/Connor Johnston (U-M), 6-3
No. 2 -- No. 72 Mattias Siimar/Runhau Hua (U-M) def. Daniel Soyfer/Osgar O'Hoisin (U-W), 6-3
No. 3 -- Alex Knight/Harrison Brown (U-M) def. Lamar Remy/Chase Colton (U-W), 6-2
Order of Completion: Doubles 3-1-2, Singles 5-4-3-1
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