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Men's Tennis Edges No. 45 Oregon, 4-3
3/7/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
The Maroon and Gold opened the dual with a 2-1 doubles mark vs. the Ducks in three close matches. Clay Estes and Avery Ticer downed Arron Spencer and Sven Swinnen at No. 1, while Chris Wettengel and Andres Osorio defeated Chris King and Markus Schiller at No. 2, both in 8-6 matches. Estes and Ticer are now 4-3 this spring.
In singles action, Minnesota picked up victories at No. 2, 4 and 6, including Brian Lipinski's three-set win. Lipinski dropped the opening set 6-2 against King, but rallied for two 6-2 wins to gain the victoy at No. 6. He is now 6-1 this season. At No. 2, Wettengel improved to 5-2 this spring with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Manuel Kost. Minnesota's final win came at No. 4 with Osorio's 6-3, 7-6 triumph over Schiller.
The Golden Gophers return home to face Fresno State on Tuesday, March 16 at noon at the Baseline Tennis Center.
#27 Minnesota 4, #45 Oregon 3
March 7, 2004
Eugene, Ore.
Singles
No. 1 - Sven Swinnen (UO) def. Aleksey Zharinov (MN), 6-1, 7-6 (4)
No. 2 - Chris Wettengel (MN) def. Manuel Kost (UO), 6-1, 7-5
No. 3 - Thomas Bieri (UO) def. Avery Ticer (MN), 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 - Andres Osorio (MN) def. Markus Schiller (UO), 6- 3, 7-6
No. 5 - Arron Spencer (UO) def. Dusan Tabak (MN), 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
No. 6 - Brian Lipinski (MN) def. Chris King (UO), 2-6, 6- 2, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 - Estes/Ticer (MN) def. Swinnen/Spencer (UO), 8-6
No. 2 - Kost/Thomas Bieri (UO) def. Lipinski/Zharinov (MN), 8-5
No. 3 - Wettengel/Osorio (MN) def. King/Schiller (UO), 8-6
