University of Minnesota Athletics
Golden Gopher Men's Tennis Defeats Indiana Hoosiers 6-1
4/7/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
The Maroon and Gold were able to seize the doubles point with two victories. Manuel Lievano and Reven Stephens won the No. 2 spot 8-6, while Avery Ticer and Aleksey Zharinov took the No. 3 spot with a 8-3 win.
Junior Thomas Haug was able to rally and win the No. 1 singles match 4-6, 6-0, 6-4. The No. 2, 3 and 4 singles wins were in straight sets as Zharinov, Lievano and Chris Wettengel each earned victories. Ticer defeated Indiana's Ryan Recht 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 to win the No. 5 singles match.
The Golden Gophers currently hold an 11-5 record. They will host Northwestern Friday, April 12 at 6:30 p.m. and Illinois Saturday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the 98th Street Racquet Club in Bloomington, Minn.
#20 Minnesota 6, Indiana 1
Singles
No. 1 - Thomas Haug (MN) def. Milan Rakvica (IU) 4-6, 6-0, 6-4
No. 2 - Aleksey Zharinov (MN) def. Rahman Smiley (IU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 - Manuel Lievano (MN) def. Zach Held (IU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 - Chris Wettengel (MN) def. Tom Bagnato (IU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 - Avery Ticer (MN) def. Ryan Recht (IU) 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
No. 6 - Ari Widlansky (IU) def. Reven Stephens (MN) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 - Held/Recht (IU) def. Eric Robertson/Haug (MN) 9-8 (5)
No. 2 - Lievano/Stephens (MN) def. Rakvica/Widlansky (IU) 8-6
No. 3 - Ticer/Zharinov (MN) def. Smiley/Reid Strand(IU) 8-3
