University of Minnesota Athletics
Aztecs Pull Out Tight Matches to Edge Gophers
3/16/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Sebastian Gallego and Julian Dehn each rallied for three-set victories, but they were Minnesota’s only winners in a 5-2 non-conference loss at San Diego State on Sunday.
Gallego came back to beat Juan Gomez 1-6, 7-6, 6-3 at No. 3 singles, while Dehn pulled out a 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 win over Giovanni Vaglietti at No. 5 singles. The Aztecs won two other singles matches in three sets and took the doubles point to improve to 8-5 for the season. Minnesota has lost two straight matches to drop to 10-3 overall.
Ishay Hadash lost two heartbreaking matches in tiebreakers, dropping his No. 1 singles contest to Achim Ceban 3-6, 7-6, 7-6 and his No. 2 doubles match with Phillip Arndt by a score of 9-8. Tobias Wernet also fell in three sets at No. 2 singles with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 setback to Bartosz Golas and an 8-3 loss with Michael Sicora at No. 1 doubles.
Arndt dropped his No. 3 singles match to Andre Feliz 7-5, 6-3 and Dino Bilankov lost another tight match at No. 6 to Tim Schulz van Endert 7-6, 7-5. Gallego and Dehn were edged at No. 3 doubles by an 8-6 score.
The Gophers take on another Mountain West Conference opponent on Monday when they face Nevada-Las Vegas in San Diego.
Doubles
1. Ceban/Vaglietti (SDSU) def. (#48) Wernet/Sicora (MINN) 8-3
2. Golas/Gomez (SDSU) def. (#80) Hadash/Arndt (MINN) 9-8 (6)
3. Feliz/Luis Rattenhuber (SDSU) def. Gallego/Dehn (MINN) 8-6
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
Singles
1. Achim Ceban (SDSU) def. (#48) Ishay Hadash (MINN) 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3)
2. Bartosz Golas (SDSU) def. Tobias Wernet (MINN) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
3. Sebastian Gallego (MINN) def. Juan Gomez (SDSU) 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3
4. Andre Feliz (SDSU) def. Phillip Arndt (MINN) 7-5, 6-3
5. Julian Dehn (MINN) def. Giovanni Vaglietti (SDSU) 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 (6)
6. Tim Schulz van Endert (SDSU) def. Dino Bilankov (MINN) 7-6 (5), 7-5
Order of finish: 4, 3, 6, 1, 2, 5
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