Michigan
Texas
Michigan Falls to No. 3 Texas in ITA Indoor Championship
2/17/2024 6:37:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Site: New York, N.Y. (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center)
Event: ITA National Team Indoor Championship (Day 2 of 3)
Score: #3 Texas 4, #13 Michigan 0
Records: U-M (5-4), Texas (7-2)
Next U-M Event: Sunday, Feb. 18 -- vs. Arizona State (New York, N.Y.), 9 a.m.
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The No. 13-ranked University of Michigan men's tennis team lost a 4-0 match to No. 3 Texas on Saturday (Feb. 17) in the consolation round of the ITA National Indoor Championships at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
The highlight of the match was a 6-3 win for Gavin Young and Jacob Bickersteth at No. 1 doubles as they dispatched the No. 5 duo of Eliot Spizzirri and Cleeve Harper, who entered the match with an 11-3 record. It was the first ranked pair Bickersteth and Young have defeated together. Young improves to 14-6 against ranked doubles pairs in his career, while it is the first for Bickersteth.
Young and Bickersteth ran into the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked singles players, Spizzirri and Micah Braswell, respectively. The Longhorns took both matches. Harper captured the final team point at No. 5 singles as he defeated Will Cooksey 6-4, 6-4.
Bjorn Swenson and No. 53 ranked Pierre-Yves Bailly each took a set at No. 4 and Nicholas Steiglehner led Jonah Braswell 6-4, 2-2 at No. 6 before the match was halted, as was No. 3 singles with Texas up in the second set after winning the first.
Michigan concludes its trip to the 2024 ITA Indoor National Championship taking on Arizona State at 9 a.m., on Sunday (Feb. 18).
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 - No. 1 Eliot Spizzirri (Texas) d. No. 17 Gavin Young (U-M), 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 – No. 2 Micah Braswell (Texas) d. No. 48 Jacob Bickersteth (U-M), 6-0, 6-3
No. 3 – Gilles-Arnaud Bailly (Texas) vs. No. 125 Patorn Hanchaikul (U-M), 7-6 (3), 2-1 abandoned
No. 4 – Bjorn Swenson (U-M) vs. No. 53 Pierre-Yves Bailly (Texas), 6-2, 1-6, 0-2 abandoned
No. 5 – Cleeve Harper (Texas) d. Will Cooksey (U-M), 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 – Nicholas Steiglehner (U-M) vs. Jonah Braswell (Texas), 6-4, 2-2 abandoned
Doubles
No. 1 – Gavin Young/Jacob Bickersteth (U-M) d. No. 5 Cleve Harper/Eliot Spizzirri (Texas), 6-3
No. 2 – Eshan Talluri/Pierre-Yves Bailley (Texas) d. Will Cooksey/Patorn Hanchaukul (U-M), 6-4
No. 3 – Micah Braswell/Gilles-Arnaud Bailley (Texas) d. Alex Cairo/Nicholas Steiglehner (U-M), 6-2
Order of Completion: Doubles 3-1-2, Singles 2-1-5
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