University of Minnesota Athletics
ILLINOIS NIPS MINNESOTA TO WIN BIG TENS
4/30/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
The win enabled Illinois to claim its fourth straight Big Ten Championship title as it marked the Illini's second consecutive over the Golden Gophers this season.
In number one singles, Illinois' Cary Franklin defeated Minnesota's Harsh Mankad 6-2, 6-4. At number three, Illinois' Graydon Oliver defeated Minnesota's Jorge Duenas 7-6, 6-2 and in number five, Illinois' Mike Kostra took care of Minnesota's Tyson Parry 6-, 6- 3. Minnesota's Thomas Haug won the Golden Gophers only singles match in the number two slot defeating Illinois' Jeff Laski 6- 2, 6-2.
The Illini then took two of three matches in doubles as Franklin/Oliver defeated Minnesota's Haug/Martin Michalowski in number one 8-6 and Laski/Jamal Parker defeated Duenas/Mankad in number two 8- 4.
"Every person on Illinois came to play every singles day," said Minnesota head coach David Gaetz. "They won some matches that I thought we would win and they ended up winning all the close matches. I was happy with our overall performance, it was certainly good enough to win, and the match boiled down to one or two points."
Minnesota, now 22-5 on the year, will wait to see if it gets a bid to the NCAA Tournament. Announcements of pairings and sites will be determined at the selection show Thursday, May 4 at 4:30 p.m. eastern time.
No. 1 Illinois 4, No. 2 Minnesota 1
Singles:
No. 1 Cary Franklin (IL) def. Harsh Mankad (MINN) 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 Thomas Haug (MINN) def. Jeff Laski (IL) 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 Graydon Oliver (IL) def. Jorge Duenas (MINN) 7-6, 6- 2
No. 4 Jamal Parker (IL) leading Martin Michalowski (MINN) 7-5, 4-3, abandoned
No. 5 Make Kosta (IL) def. Tyson Parry (MINN) 6-, 6-3
No. 6 Jon Svensson (MINN) vs. Matt Snyder (IL) 6-1, 4-6, abandoned
Doubles:
No. 1 Franklin/Oliver (IL) def. Haug/Michalowski (MINN) 8-6
No. 2 Laski/Parker (IL) def. Duenas/Mankad (MINN) 8-4
No. 3 Parry/Svensson (MINN) leading Kosta/Snyder (IL) 7-2, abandoned
