Michigan
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Michigan Battles Back to Take Down UCF
2/10/2019 4:14:00 PM | Men's Tennis
» Mattias Siimar earned an upset win over No. 17-ranked Gabriel Decamps at No. 1 singles.
» The Wolverines swept all six singles matches after dropping the doubles point.
» Michigan has this coming weekend off before hosting Notre Dame (Feb. 23) in a rematch from last season's NCAA Regional final.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Score: #16 Michigan 6, Central Florida 1
Records: U-M (5-2), UCF (1-5)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Feb. 23 -- vs. Notre Dame (Varsity Tennis Center), noon
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 16-ranked University of Michigan men's tennis team battled back after dropping the doubles point for a 6-1 victory over Central Florida on Sunday afternoon (Feb. 10) at the Varsity Tennis Center.
Michigan won the first doubles match with a 6-2 victory at No. 2 by the team of sophomore Mattias Siimar and freshman Andrew Fenty. However, the Knights rattled off consecutive wins at No. 1 and No. 3 to claim the doubles point heading into singles play.
Michigan evened the score at 1 when Siimar made quick work at the top singles spot. The Estonia native earned an upset win over No. 17-ranked Gabriel Decamps, defeating him in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2.
The freshmen in the lineup continued to play well in the early going, finishing nearly simultaneously to give U-M its first lead of the afternoon. Patrick Maloney earned his third straight win with a 6-0, 6-4 victory at No. 5, while classmate Fenty also claimed his third win in a row with a 6-3, 6-4 triumph at No. 3.
Junior Connor Johnston battled back from a second-set defeat for a convincing 6-2 win in the third set to give U-M the come-from-behind win.
The remaining matches were played out, with senior Myles Schalet battling back from a first-set loss to No. 122-ranked Alan Rubio to win 6-4 in the second set and 12-10 in the third-set tiebreaker. Fellow senior Gabe Tishman also came back from a first-set loss to win, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in his remaining two sets for a 6-1 Michigan victory.
Michigan will be back in action on Saturday, Feb. 23, at noon when it hosts Notre Dame in a rematch of last year's NCAA Regional final. U-M defeated the Fighting Irish, 4-0, to advance to the NCAA Round of 16 at the VTC.
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 113 Mattias Siimar (U-M) d. No. 17 Gabriel Decamps (UCF), 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 -- Myles Schalet (U-M) d. No. 122 Alan Rubio (UCF), 6-7 (2), 6-4, 1-0 (10)
No. 3 -- No. 79 Andrew Fenty (U-M) d. Trey Hilderbrand (UCF), 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 -- Connor Johnston (U-M) d. Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi (UCF), 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
No. 5 -- Patrick Maloney (U-M) d. Bogdan Pavel (UCF), 6-0, 6-4
No. 6 -- Gabe Tishman (U-M) d. Mikhail Sokolovskiy (UCF), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2)
Doubles
No. 1 -- Trey Hilderbrand/Bogdan Pavel (UCF) d. Connor Johnston/Harrison Brown (U-M), 6-3
No. 2 -- Mattias Siimar/Andrew Fenty (U-M) d. Mikhail Sokolovskiy/Alan Rubio (UCF), 6-2
No. 3 -- Gabriel Decamps/Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi (UCF) d. Patrick Maloney/Myles Schalet (U-M), 7-6 (1)
Order of Completion: Doubles 2-1-3, Singles 1-5-3-4-2-6
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