University of Minnesota Athletics
No. 2 Illinois Downs Men's Tennis 4-3
4/13/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
The highlight of the night for Minnesota fans was a three-set victory by Harsh Mankad over 12th-ranked Amer Delic. Mankad rallied after dropping the first set 6-3. He won the second in a tiebreaker and cruised in the third set winning 6-1.
Aleksey Zharinov and Manuel Lievano claimed the other victories, both in three sets.
In doubles, the fifth-ranked duo of Michael Calkins and Delic clinched the doubles point with an 8-6 win over Mankad and Thomas Haug.
Minnesota falls to 12-6 and 5-3 in the Big Ten, while Illinois improved to 18-6 and 8-0.
Singles
No. 1 - Harsh Mankad def. Amer Delic (ILL), 3-6, 7-6, 6-1
No. 2 - Brian Wilson (ILL) def. Thomas Haug (MN), 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 - Aleksey Zharinov def. Philip Stolt (ILL), 3-6, 6-2, 7-6
No. 4 - Manuel Lievano def. Mike Kosta (ILL), 6-3, 6-7, 7-6
No. 5 - Michael Calkins (ILL) def. Chris Wettengel, 6-0, 6-3
No. 6 - Nathan Zeder (ILL) def. Avery Ticer, 7-6, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 - Calkins/Delic (ILL) def. Mankad/Haug, 8-6
No. 2 - Stolt/Wilson (ILL) def. Lievano/Reven Stephens, 8-2
No. 3 - Zharinov/Ticer def. Kosta/Zeder, 8-5
