University of Minnesota Athletics
Men's Tennis Serves Iowa with 5-2 Defeat
2/1/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
The Maroon and Gold opened the conference dual with a 2-1 showing in doubles, winning at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots. UM's top duo of Clay Estes and Avery Ticer dispatched Iowa's Sebastian Delgado and Walter Valarezo, 8-4, while Sion Wilkins and Aleksey Zharinov dropped Chaitu Malempati and Aaron Schaechterle, 8-5.
In singles play, the Golden Gophers took home victories at No. 1, 2, 4, and 5. Zharinov improved to 2-1 on the season at No. 1 with a 6- 4, 6-2 win over Malempati. At No. 2, Ticer dumped Delgado, 7-6 (5), 6-3, while Brian Lipinski earned a three-set victory at No. 4 over Walter Valarezo, 6-7 (2), 7-5, 6-1.
The Maroon and Gold hosts Wake Forest on Friday, Feb. 13, at 6:30 p.m., at the Baseline Tennis Center. Minnesota then faces Virginia Commonwealth on Feb. 15, and Harvard on Feb. 16.
RESULTS
#30 Minnesota 5, Iowa 2
Singles
No. 1 - Aleksey Zharinov (MN) def. Chaitu Malempati (I), 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 - Avery Ticer (MN) def. Sebastian Delgado (I), 7-6(5), 6-3
No. 3 - Jonny Hoak (I) def. Andres Osorio (MN), 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 - Brian Lipinski (MN) def. Walter Valarezo (I), 6-7 (2), 7-5, 6-1
No. 5 - Dusan Tabak (MN) def. Aaron Schaechterle (I), 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 - Ryan Reid (I) def. Sion Wilkins (MN), 6-4, 3-6, (11-9)
Doubles
No. 1 - Clay Estes/Ticer (MN) def. Delgado/Valarezo (I), 8-4
No. 2 - Wilkins/Zharinov (MN) def. Malempati/Schaechterle (I), 8- 5
No. 3 - Hoak/Reid (I) def. Chris Wettengel/Osorio (MN), 2-2 (ret.)
