University of Minnesota Athletics
MINNESOTA ADVANCES TO SWEET SIXTEEN
5/14/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
The win, which marked the Golden Gophers second consecutive shutout of the tournament, was paced by Minnesota's Harsh Mankad, Thomas Haug, and Jorge Duenas who won the Golden Gophers top three singles matches. Mankad defeated Indiana State's Jonas Piibor in No. 1(6-4, 6-2), Haug took care of Indiana State's Henry Choi at the No. 2 spot (7-6, 6-2), and Duenas won in No. 3 over Indiana State's Adam Baranowski (6-4, 6-4).
Minnesota then took two of three doubles matches with Martin Michalowski/Haug defeating Indiana State's Piibor/Gareth Keating in No. 1 (8-6) and Tyson Parry/Jon Svensson defeating Indiana State's Baranowski/ Stefan Hirn at No. 2 (8-4).
No. 18 Minnesota, now 24-6 on the year, will play the winner of No. 1 Stanford and Auburn Saturday, May 20 in Athens, Ga.
Minnesota 4, Indiana State 0
Singles:
No. 1 Harsh Mankad (MINN) def. Jonas Piibor (INDIANA ST.) 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 Thomas Haug (MINN) def. Henry Choi (INDIANA ST.) 7-6, 6-2
No. 3 Jorge Duenas (MINN) def. Adam Baranowski (INDIANA ST.) 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 Stefan Hirn (INDIANA ST.) vs. Martin Michalowski (MINN) abandoned
No. 5 Gareth Keating (INDIANA ST.) vs. Tyson Parry (MINN) abandoned
No. 6 Greg Tranquada (INDIANA ST.) vs. Jon Svensson (MINN) abandoned
Doubles:
No. 1 Michalowski/Haug (MINN) def. Piibor/Keating (INDIANA ST.) 8-6
No. 2 Crick/Tranquada (INDIANA ST.) def. Mankad/Duenas (MINN) 8-4
No. 3 Parry/Svensson (MINN) def. Baranowski/Hirn (INDIANA ST.) 8-4
