University of Minnesota Athletics
MEN'S TENNIS TEAM DEFEATS INDIANA 4-3
4/3/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Senior Tom Chicoine of Neenah, Wis., got the Golden Gophers started with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Indiana1s Ian Arons at the No. 1 singles position. Sophomore Tyson Parry also won his match at No. 2 singles wth a 6-3, 7-6 victory over Gabe Montilla.
Also winning singles matches for Minnesota was sophomore Jorge Duenas with a 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 victory in three sets over Paul Jacobson at the No. 5 singles position. Rounding out the singles matches, freshman Thomas Haug defeated Rahman Smiley with a 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 victory. Junior Martin Michalowski went into two tiebreaker sets at the No. 4 singles position, but lost 7-5, 7-6 (4) to Milan Rakuica.
Minnesota dropped all three doubles matches. At No. 1 doubles, Chicoine and Michalowski went into a tiebreaker set with Montilla and Smiley, but lost 9-8 (10).
The Golden Gophers will travel to West Lafayette, Ind., tomorrow afternoon to face the Purdue Boilermakers.
Minnesota 4, Indiana 3 Bloomington, Ind. Singles: No. 1 Tom Chicoine (MINN) def. Ian Arons (IND) 6-3, 6-2 No. 2 Tyson Parry (MINN) def. Gabe Montilla (IND) 6-3, 7-6 No. 3 George McGill (IND) def. Adam Selkirk (MINN) 6-2,6-1 No. 4 Milan Rakuica (IND) def. Martin Michalowski (MINN) 7-5, 7-6 (4) No. 5 Jorge Duenas (MINN) def. Paul Jacobson (IND) 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 No. 6 Thomas Haug (MINN) def. Rahman Smiley (IND) 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 Doubles: No. 1 Montilla/Smiley (IND) def. Chicoine/Michalowski (MINN) 9-8 (10) No. 2 Jacobson/Rakuica (IND) def. Selkirk/Parry (MINN) 8-5 No. 3 Arons/Ricardo Jordan (IND) def. Ryan Davies/Haug (MINN) 8-5
