Awards and Honors: Dahlin Sweeps Weekly Big Ten Honors
10/8/2025 4:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 11 -- Bjorn Swenson
Big Ten Player and Freshman of the Week
» Max Dahlin had the biggest upset of the weekend as he knocked off two-time national champion and No. 3-ranked Michael Zheng. Coming off a win at the Australian Open, Zheng dropped his first match of the season to the Michigan freshman.
» It's the highest-ranked opponent Dahlin has recorded at Michigan.
» The two-time All-American finished the weekend 2-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles.
» Dahlin and partner Pierce Shaya had a 6-4 win over Nicholas Kotzen/Zheng in doubles before Dahlin won 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 over Zheng. On Sunday, Dahlin and Shaya took another 6-4 win, this time over Tennessee's Dragos Cazacu/Piotr Siekanowicz.
» Dahlin then won a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 match off No. 56 Alejandro Moreno.
Jan. 14 -- Bjorn Swenson
Big Ten Player of the Week
» Bjorn Swenson opened the spring season going 3-0 in doubles play, including a win over the No. 6-ranked duo of Henry Jefferson and Tanapatt Nirundorn of Florida 6-4.
» It was his second doubles win with partner Max Dahlin on the weekend as they move to 7-1.
» He also claimed a 6-3 win with partner Nicholas Steiglehner as the pair improved to 5-0 this season.
» Swenson added two more singles wins, defeating Gabriel Debru (Illinois) in straight sets and Viktor Markov (Clemson) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.
Jan. 9 -- Max Dahlin
Big Ten Player to Watch
» Max Dahlin was a double All-American in the fall, reaching the NCAA quarterfinals in both singles and doubles.
» He posted a 9-1 record in singles during the fall, including a 4-1 mark against ranked foes.
» Dahlin is ranked No. 7 in both the ITA singles and doubles rankings.
» Paired with Bjorn Swenson for doubles, the duo went 5-1 last semester.
Nov. 12 -- Max Dahlin
Big Ten Freshman of the Week
» Max Dahlin qualified for the NCAA Doubles Championship at the ITA Sectional Championships, one month after qualifying in singles.
» He and partner Bjorn Swenson teamed up for the first time and went 3-0, defeating Texas' Evan Burnett/Jonah Braswell and the team of Kholowan Montsi and Alexander Frusina (Texas A&M) by matching 6-2, 6-3 scores before taking down No. 65-ranked Peter Nad and Llorens Saracho (Notre Dame) 7-5, 6-4.
» Dahlin also defeated Luc Koenig (Baylor) in his only singles match of the weekend.
Oct. 22 -- Max Dahlin
Big Ten Freshman of the Week
» Max Dahlin qualified for the NCAA Singles Championship in his first collegiate appearance.
» Dahlin made the final of the ITA Midwest Regional Championships, going 5-0 in singles, beginning with straight-set wins over Brandon Carpico (Ohio State), Peter Nad (Notre Dame) and Collin Beduhn (Wisconsin) in the first three rounds.
» He topped Chase Thompson (Notre Dame) 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinal and won a marathon over Sebastian Dominko (Notre Dame) in the semifinal. After falling 6-3 in the first set, Dahlin won 6-3 in the second set and won 7-6 (10) in the deciding third set.
Oct. 8 -- Nicholas Steiglehner, Arnav Bhandari
Big Ten Player of the Week
» Nicholas Steiglehner captured the Hope RSM Dominant Duo title this weekend alongside partner Bjorn Swenson.
» The pair went 4-0 in doubles, including a win over a ranked Notre Dame duo, while Steiglehner also went 4-0 in singles for a combined 8-0 record.
» He earned singles victories over players from Northwestern, Notre Dame, and Illinois before defeating a teammate in straight sets in the championship match.
» In doubles, Steiglehner and Swenson claimed a 6-1 victory in the title match, also defeating pairs from Notre Dame, Northwestern, and Illinois.
Big Ten Freshman of the Week
» Arnav Bhandari opened his collegiate career by reaching the singles final at the Hope RSM Dominant Duo.
» Bhandari went 3-1 in singles and 2-2 in doubles with partner Mert Oral.
» He won three straight singles matches to advance to the final, where he fell to Steiglehner.
» In doubles, Bhandari and Oral earned a 6-0 win over a Northwestern duo and another victory against a mixed-team pair before falling to Notre Dame and to their Michigan teammates in the final.
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