University of Minnesota Athletics
Arndt and Hadash Pace Gophers at Harvard
10/11/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Phillip Arndt won twice in both singles and doubles and Jonathan Hadash finished 3-0 in singles to lead the Minnesota men's tennis team at the Harvard Fall Classic over the weekend in Cambridge, Mass.
The Gophers competed in round-robin singles and doubles matches against Harvard, Alabama and Notre Dame over the three days. Arndt teamed with Michael Sicora for two doubles wins, while Julian Dehn and Derek Peterson also won twice in doubles.
Arndt had singles wins over Trey Walston of Alabama 6-7, 6-4, 6-0 and Michael Hayes of Harvard 6-2, 6-1. He and Sicora beat Alistair Fenton and Christo Schultz of Harvard 8-5 and Tyler Davis and Casey Watt of Notre Dame 8-6.
Hadash rolled to three straight-set singles wins, beating Creighton Blanchard of Alabama 6-3, 6-4, Davis Mangham of Harvard 6-0, 6-2 and David Anderson of Notre Dame 6-3, 6-1. Hadash was the lone Gopher to post a singles win against Notre Dame.
Dehn and Peterson beat Aba Omodele-Lucien and Josh Tchan of Harvard 8-3 and Stephen Havens and Dan Stahl of Notre Dame 8-5. Peterson also claimed a singles victory against Tunc Kiymaz of Harvard 6-2, 6-2. Sicora and Dino Bilankov also had singles wins against Harvard with Sicora downing Tchan 5-7, 7-6, 6-2 and Bilankov beating Omodele-Lucien 6-4, 6-4.
Minnesota played the tournament without two of its top players, Tobias Wernet and Sebastian Gallego, who competed in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American championships earlier in the week. The Gophers will compete next in the ITA Midwest Regional tournament Oct. 22-26 in Tulsa, Okla.
Friday Results
Doubles
Doverspike/Thompson (Ala) def. Dehn/Peterson (Minn) 8-2
Davis/Yassine (Ala) def. Sicora/Arndt (Minn) 8-6
Walston/Blanchard (Ala) def. Ruddock/Bilankov (Minn) 8-6
Singles
Michael Davis (Ala) def. Dino Bilankov (Minn) 6-2,-6-2
Ricky Doverspike (Ala) def. Michael Sicora (Minn) 6-2, 6-4
Michael Thompson (Ala) def. Julian Dehn (Minn) 5-7, 7-5, 7-5
Houssam Yassine (Ala) def. Brendan Ruddock (Minn) 7-6, 6-2
Phil Arndt (Minn) def. Trey Walston (Ala) 6-7, 6-4, 6-0
Jonathan Hadash (Minn) def. Creighton Blanchard (Ala) 6-3, 6-4
Derek Peterson (Minn) def. Tunc Kiymaz (Har) 6-2, 6-2.
Saturday Results
Doubles
Sicora/Arndt (Minn) def. Felton/Christo Schultz (Har) 8-5
Dehn/Peterson (Minn) def. Omodele-Lucien/Tchan (Har) 8-3
Mangham/Hayes (Har) def. Ruddock/Bilankov (Minn) 8-6
Nguyen/McAnulty (Har) def. Hadash/Svenda (Minn) 8-4
Singles
Dino Bilankov (Minn) def. Aba Omodele-Lucien (Har) 6-4, 6-4
Michael Sicora (Minn) def. Josh Tchan (Har) 5-7, 7-6, 6-2
Alistair Felton (Har) def. Julian Dehn (Minn) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2
Andy Nguyen (Har) def. Brendan Ruddock (Minn) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Phillip Arndt (Minn) def. Michael Hayes (Har) 6-2, 6-1
Jonathan Hadash (Minn) def. Davis Mangham (Har) 6-0, 6-2
Eddie Svenda (Minn) def. Mac McAnulty (Har) 6-4, 6-3
Liinus Hietanmiemi (Har) def. Derek Peterson (Minn) 6-2, 7-5
Sunday Results
Doubles
Arndt/Sicora (Minn) def. Davis/Watt (ND) 8-6
Peterson/Dehn (Minn) def. Havens/Stahl (ND) 8-5
Johnston/Moore (ND) def. Ruddock/Bilankov (Minn) 8-4
Anderson/Keeton (ND) def. Hadash/Svenda (Minn) 8-6
Singles
Casey Watt (ND) def. Dino Bilankov (Minn) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Stephen Havens (ND) def Michael Sicora (Minn) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
Dan Stahl (ND) def. Phillip Arndt (Minn) 6-3, 6-3
Michael Moore (ND) def. Julian Dehn (Minn) 6-4, 6-4
Blas Moros (ND) def. Brendan Ruddock (Minn) 6-1, 7-6
Sam Keeton (ND) def. Eddie Svenda (Minn) 7-6, 7-5
Jonathan Hadash (Minn) def. David Anderson (ND) 6-3, 6-1
Tyler Davis (ND) def. Derek Peterson (Minn) 6-3, 6-3
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