University of Minnesota Athletics
Gophers Close Out Regular Season With Win at Iowa
4/25/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
UM's top two doubles tandems gave the team a boost by leading the way to a doubles competition victory.
Rok Bonin and Julian Dehn improved to 8-1 together in dual match play and 14-1 overall in 2010-11 by taking out Iowa's Austen Kauss and Jonas Dierckx 8-3. Iowa answered with a 9-7 win at No. 3, but 77th-ranked Sebastian Gallego and Phillip Arndt clinched the match's first point for Minnesota by beating UI's Marc Bruche and Will Vasos 8-5.
Iowa briefly tied the score 1-1 after Dierckx beat Brendan Ruddock in straight sets, but No. 100-ranked Tobias Wernet would give the Gophers a lead they wouldn't give back with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Bruche at the top position.
Arndt padded the lead by winning a two-set decision at No. 4 and Dehn secured the victory with another straight-set victory at No. 6. Gallego closed out the Minnesota scoring with his first singles win since March 25, a 6-2, 6-4 triumph over Kauss.
Vasos rallied to defeat Bonin at the second spot to make the final score 5-2.
The men's tennis Big Ten Tournament begins on Thursday in Madison, Wis. The Gophers earned a first-round bye with their third-place finish and will face the winner of the first round match between Wisconsin and Penn State.
No. 23 Minnesota 5, No. 66 Iowa 2
April 24, 2011
Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Center • Iowa City, Iowa
Singles Competition
1. No. 100 Tobias Wernet (MINN) def. Marc Bruche (IOWA) 6-2, 6-2
2. Will Vasos (IOWA) def. Rok Bonin (MINN) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6
3. Sebastian Gallego (MINN) def. Austen Kauss (IOWA) 6-2, 6-4
4. Phillip Arndt (MINN) def. Nikita Zotov (IOWA) 6-1, 6-1
5. Jonas Dierckx (IOWA) def. Brendan Ruddock (MINN) 6-1, 6-1
6. Julian Dehn (MINN) def. Tom Mroziewicz (IOWA) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles Competition
1. No. 77 Phillip Arndt/Sebastian Gallego (MINN) def. Marc Bruche/Will Vasos (IOWA) 8-5
2. Rok Bonin/Julian Dehn (MINN) def. Austen Kauss/Jonas Dierckx (IOWA) 8-3
3. Garret Dunn/Tom Mroziewicz (IOWA) def. Brendan Ruddock/Tobias Wernet (MINN) 9-7
Match Notes:
Minnesota: 17-4, 8-2; National ranking No. 23
Iowa: 8-12, 2-8; National ranking No. 66
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (5,1,4,6,3,2)
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