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Gophers Keep Winning, Upset Drake 5-2
3/9/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
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The Minnesota men's tennis team won its fifth straight match tonight when it upset No. 39 Drake 5-2 at the Rochester Athletic Club in Rochester, Minn. The 48th-ranked Gophers began the year 1-3, but are now 6-3 overall and 3-3 against ranked opponents.
The Gophers jumped out to a 1-0 lead when they swept the doubles matches. Minnesota has now won 15 straight doubles matches and 17 of its last 18. The last time the Gophers failed to win a doubles match was Feb. 4 at No. 36 Louisville. However, they still won the doubles point that night before faltering in singles against the Cardinals.
Against Drake, the 50th-ranked tandem of Julian Dehn and Rok Bonin improved to 8-0 with an 8-4 win against James McKie and Anis Ghorbel. At No. 2, Phillip Arndt and Jack Hamburg picked up their biggest when of the year when they beat No. 31 Cesar Bracho and Alen Salibasic 8-3. The win improved Arndt and his freshman partner to 5-1 this season.
Leandro Toledo teamed with Rochester native Eric Frueh at third doubles to post an 8-5 win against Robin Goodman and Jean Erasmus.
In singles, Toledo put Minnesota up 2-0 with a straight-set win against Erasmus at No. 3 singles. The Gophers then went up 3-0 after Mathieu Froment won 6-2, 6-4 against Ben Mullis at the sixth position.
Drake earned its first point of the night after Goodman beat Hamburg 6-3, 7-5 at No. 4 and then made it a 3-2 match after McKie topped Arndt in straight sets at the second spot.
Minnesota then won the final two matches to pull away and earn the 5-2 win. Julian Dehn clinched the match for the Gophers with a three-set win at No. 5. Dehn lost the first set, but then rebounded for a 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 triumph against Salibasic.
Dehn's doubles partner Bonin also lost the first set of his singles match before rallying for a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) win at No. 1 singles against No. 82 Ghorbel. It was the first time Bonin had played No. 1 singles this year and the win pushed his season record to a team-best 7-1.
Minnesota heads to California for its annual spring break trip this week. The Gophers play at No. 8 California on March 15 and at No. 56 Cal Poly on March 17. Minnesota's next home match is March 23 against Big Ten foe Michigan State.
March 9, 2012
Rochester Athletic Club • Rochester, Minn.
No. 48 Minnesota 5, No. 39 Drake 2
Singles Competition:
1. Rok Bonin (MINN) def. No. 82 Anis Ghorbel (Drake) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
2. James McKie (Drake) def. Phillip Arndt (MINN) 6-1, 7-6 (0)
3. No. 112 Leandro Toledo (MINN) def. Jean Erasmus (Drake) 7-6 (2), 6-3
4. Robin Goodman (Drake) def. Jack Hamburg (MINN) def. 6-3, 7-5
5. Julian Dehn (MINN) def. Alen Salibasic (Drake) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
6. Mathieu Froment (MINN) def. Ben Mullis (Drake) 6-2, 6-4
Order of finish: 3, 6, 4, 2, 5, 1
Doubles Competition:
1. No. 50 Rok Bonin / Julian Dehn (MINN) def. James McKie / Anis Ghorbel (Drake) 8-4
2. Phillip Arndt / Jack Hamburg (MINN) def. No. 31 Cesar Bracho /Alen Salibasic (Drake) 8-3
3. Leandro Toledo / Eric Frueh (MINN) def. Robin Goodman / Jean Erasmus (Drake) 8-5
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
