University of Minnesota Athletics
Gophers Win Second Straight With 4-3 Win at Iowa
4/6/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Minnesota made it two straight Big Ten victories with a 4-3 men’s tennis win at Iowa on Saturday in Iowa City.
The Gophers, who also beat Michigan State 6-1 on Friday, won two of three doubles matches and picked up three singles wins in improving to 4-14 overall and 2-4 in the conference. Iowa is ranked 57th in the country and fell to 9-7 overall and 1-4 in the Big Ten.
Minnesota picked up the doubles point with a pair of easy wins as Chi Pham and Tobias Wernet combined for an 8-4 win at No. 2 and Pierre Dumas and Raoul Schwark earned an 8-3 victory at No. 3.
Schwark followed with a No. 1 singles victory over 69th-ranked Bart van Monsjou 6-4, 6-3 and Wernet and Pham each added wins to seal the victory. Pham won 6-2, 6-4 at No. 5 and Wernet was a 7-6, 6-2 winner at No. 3. Dino Bilankov battled to a three-set loss at No. 4 by a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 score.
Minnesota plays at Northwestern on Sat., April 12 at noon.
Minnesota 4, Iowa 3
Singles
1. #88 Raoul Schwark (MINN) def. #69 Bart van Monsjou (IOWA) 6-4, 6-3
2. Tobias Wernet (MINN) def. J.P. Ritchie (IOWA) 7-6 (6), 6-2
3. Christian Bierich (IOWA) def. Sebastian Gallego (MINN) 6-4, 6-3
4. Reinoud Haal (IOWA) def. Dino Bilankov (MINN) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
5. Chi-Lang Pham (MINN) def. Tommy McGeorge (IOWA) 6-2, 6-4
6. Greg Holm (IOWA) def. Pierre Dumas (MINN) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles
1. #40 van Monsjou/Ritchie (IOWA) def. Gallego/Bilankov (MINN) 8-7 (7-3)
2. Pham/Wernet (MINN) def. Haal/Grimes (IOWA) 8-4
3. Dumas/Schwark (MINN) def. Holm/Bierich (IOWA) 8-3
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