University of Minnesota Athletics
Hadash Falls Short in NCAA Tennis Second Round
5/21/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Minnesota’s Ishay Hadash saw a late rally fall short and was eliminated in the second round of the NCAA individual men’s tennis tournament on Thursday in College Station, Texas.
Hadash dropped the opening set to Pepperdine’s Omar Altmann, but rallied to force a third set before eventually coming up short. Altmann won by a score of 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to advance to the round of 16.
Hadash, whose season ended with a 21-13 record, was a late entrant into the draw as an alternate. He knocked off 10th-ranked Cory Parr of Wake Forest in the opening round before falling to the 44th-ranked Altmann. Hadash was ranked 62nd in the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings.
The Minnesota sophomore had his serve broken three times in the final set, but broke Altmann’s serve twice to stay in the match. Trailing 5-1 in the third set, Hadash broke Altmann in a lengthy service game and then served out his own game to pull within 5-3. Altmann finished off his final service game to end the match.
Hadash was Minnesota’s first individual national qualifier since 2006 and the 21st Gopher player to earn a spot in the draw all-time.
