Michigan
Purdue
Maize and Blue Sweeps Past Purdue to Conclude Indian Wells Trip
3/17/2019 7:53:00 PM | Men's Tennis
» Michigan concluded its weekend at Indian Wells with a 2-1 record.
» Freshman Andrew Fenty earned his team-leading 16th win and eighth in a row.
» The Wolverines will play in two Big Ten matches next weekend (March 22 at Penn State, March 24 vs Ohio State in Ann Arbor).
Site: Indian Wells, Calif. (Indian Wells Tennis Garden)
Event: BNP Paribas Open Collegiate Tennis Challenge (Day 3 of 3)
Result: #13 Michigan 4, Purdue 0
Records: U-M (10-3), Purdue (6-7)
Next U-M Event: Friday, March 22 -- at Penn State (State College, Pa.), 5 p.m.
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- The No. 13-ranked University of Michigan men's tennis team concluded its weekend at the BNP Paribas Open Collegiate Tennis Challenge, defeating Cornell by a score of 4-0, Sunday afternoon (March 17). Â Â
The Wolverines earned the first point of the match after two wins in doubles play. The pairing of junior Connor Johnston and senior Gabe Tishman earned a 6-1 win at No. 2, while the duo of freshman Patrick Maloney and senior Myles Schalet also cruised to a 6-1 triumph in the third pairing.
Michigan continued its strong play in singles, where freshman Andrew Fenty continued his impressive play at the No. 3 spot, earning a 6-4, 6-4 decision for his team-leading 16th win of the season and a team-high eighth win in a row.
Tishman would give U-M its third point of the afternoon with a 6-4, 6-3 victory on court six, earning his second win in as many days and 11th on the campaign. No. 37-ranked sophomore Mattias Siimar clinched the match for the Maize and Blue with a straight-sets win at No. 1, 7-5, 7-5, claiming his 13th win of the season.
Michigan was in the third set on the remaining three courts before the matches were abandoned after the match-clinching point.
The Wolverines will return to conference play next weekend, when they travel to Penn State for a Friday (March 22) matchup at 5 p.m. in State College, Pennsylvania.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 37 Mattias Siimar (U-M) d. Julio Mateo (PUR), 7-5, 7-5
No. 2 -- Myles Schalet (U-M) vs. Athell Bennett (PUR), 0-6, 6-4, 3-4 unfinished
No. 3 -- Andrew Fenty (U-M) d. Stephan Koenigfest (PUR), 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 -- Connor Johnston (U-M) vs. Maksymilian Raupuk (PUR), 2-6, 2-6, 7-5, 1-1 unfinished
No. 5 -- Patrick Maloney (U-M) vs. Franz Luna (PUR), 6-3, 4-6, 4-0 unfinished
No. 6 -- Gabe Tishman (U-M) d. Santiago Galan (PUR), 6-4, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 -- Andrew Fenty/Mattias Siimar (U-M) vs. Athell Bennett/Stephan Koenigfest (PUR), 4-4 unfinished
No. 2 -- Patrick Maloney/Myles Schalet (U-M) d. Julio Mateo/ Maksymilian Raupuk (PUR), 6-1
No. 3 -- Connor Johnston/Gabe Tishman (U-M) d. Franz Luna/Santiago Galan (PUR), 6-1
Order of Completion: Doubles 3-2, Singles 3-6-1
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