University of Minnesota Athletics
Golden Gopher Men's Tennis Defeats Iowa 5-2
4/20/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Minnesota claimed the doubles point with two victories in the three matches. Avery Ticer and Aleksey Zharinov improved to 17-4 on the season with an 8-3 victory at No. 1 doubles. Manuel Lievano and Eric Robertson also prevailed at No. 3 doubles.
Minnesota claimed four wins in the six singles matches, highlighted by Harsh Mankad, the nation's number one singles player. Mankad improved to 22-3 on the season and 7-0 in the league with a 6-4, 6-1 win over No. 92 Stuart Waters. Zharinov won at No. 2 doubles, while Boris Kuharic and Eric Robertson prevailed at No. 5 and 6 singles, respectively.
#24 Minnesota 5, #58 Iowa
Singles
No. 1 - Harsh Mankad (MN) def. Stuart Waters (IA), 6-4, 6-1
No. 2 - Aleksey Zharinov (MN) def. Jake Wilson (IA), 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 - Peter Mandic (IA) def. Manuel Lievano (MN), 6-3, 6-7, ret. inj
No. 4 - Hunter Skogman (IA) def. Chris Wettengel (MN) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
No. 5 - Boris Kuharic (MN) def. Justin Gaard (IA), 6-2, 7-6
No. 6 - Eric Robertson (MN) def. Pete Rose (IA), 6-1, 7-6
Doubles
No. 1 - Avery Ticer/Zharinov (MN) def. Waters/Gaard (IA), 8-3
No. 2 - Wilson/Skogman (IA) def. Mankad/Wettengel (MN), 8-3
No. 3 - Lievano/Robertson (MN) def. Rose/Tres Jones (IA), 8-5
