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Gophers Win Twice on Opening Day
1/17/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
MINNEAPOLIS – The 49th-ranked Minnesota men’s tennis team got off to its first 2-0 start since 2009 Saturday when it defeated both Marquette and South Dakota State at the Baseline Tennis Center. The Gophers opened the day with a 6-1 win over the Golden Eagles before taking down the Jackrabbits, 7-0.
The day began with a strong doubles performance by pairings of seniors Leandro Toledo and Eric Frueh and freshmen Felix Corwin and Matic Spec. Each tandem defeated its MU counterpart, 6-2.
Each Gopher singles player won his first set en route to the 6-1 final. No. 107-ranked Spec was the first to finish, as he downed Kristiyan Trukov, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 5. Playing in the third spot, Ruben Weber notched his first victory of the spring, coming out on top, 6-3, 6-0, against Nick Dykema. Senior Jack Hamburg, playing in the second position for the first time in his career, secured the team triumph by taking a 6-4, 6-1 decision.
No. 117-ranked Corwin garnered his first-career dual-match win and No. 17 Toledo closed out Vukasin Teofanovic in the top flight, winning two close sets, 7-5 and 7-6 (4). The Golden Eagles’ Andre Romanello denied Minnesota’s sweep bid by defeating Mathieu Froment in a third-set super tiebreaker.
The Gophers did complete a sweep in their second match of the day, however.
Occupying the top doubles position, Toledo and Frueh earned their second win of the day and Froment and Weber capped a victory at No. 3 moments later to give Minnesota a 1-0 lead. The matches, which both finished with 6-0 scores, took just 18 minutes to complete.
Sophomore Jeremy Lynn was the first to add to Minnesota’s lead in singles with a convincing 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 5. Following Lynn’s victory, Toledo, Spec, Weber, and Corwin each won for the second time on the day to make it 6-0. Redshirt junior Tucker Saxon closed out the night by defeating SDSU’s Gary Notkin, 6-3, 7-6 (3), for his first dual-meet singles win in Maroon and Gold.
Up next for the Gophers will be the ITA Kick-Off Weekend in Austin, Texas. Minnesota will face a tough road test Saturday in ninth-ranked Texas and will play No. 35 Florida State or No. 43 Michigan in a neutral-site contest the following day.
No. 49 Minnesota 6, Marquette 1
Minneapolis, Minn. (Baseline Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. No. 17 Leandro Toledo (MINN) def. Vukasin Teofanovic (MARQ) 7-5, 7-6 (4)
2. Jack Hamburg (MINN) def. Daniel Fernandez (MARQ) 6-4, 6-1
3. Ruben Weber (MINN) def. Nick Dykema (MARQ) 6-3, 6-0
4. No. 117 Felix Corwin (MINN) def. Cameron Tehrani (MARQ) 7-5, 6-2
5. No. 107 Matic Spec (MINN) def. Kristiyan Trukov (MARQ) 6-1, 6-1
6. Andre Romanello (MARQ) def. Mathieu Froment (MINN) 6-7 (4), 6-3, 1-0 (6)
Doubles competition
1. Jack Hamburg/Mathieu Froment (MINN) vs. Vukasin Teofanovic/Nick Dykema (MARQ) 5-3, unfinished
2. Leandro Toledo/Eric Frueh (MINN) def. Daniel Fernandez/Cameron Tehrani (MARQ) 6-2
3. Felix Corwin/Matic Spec (MINN) def. Kristiyan Trukov/Gleb Sklyr (MARQ) 6-2
Match Notes
Marquette 0-1 (0-0 Big East)
Minnesota 1-0 (0-0 Big Ten)
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (5,3,2,4,1,6)
No. 49 Minnesota 7, South Dakota State 0
Minneapolis, Minn. (Baseline Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. No. 17 Leandro Toledo (MINN) def. Andrea Boglic (SDSU) 6-2, 6-3
2. Ruben Weber (MINN) def. Parker Lawley (SDSU) 6-2, 6-4
3. No. 117 Felix Corwin (MINN) def. Henrique Pereira (SDSU) 6-4, 7-5
4. No. 107 Matic Spec (MINN) def. Lovro Curcija (SDSU) 6-3, 6-1
5. Jeremy Lynn (MINN) def. Mateus Moreira (SDSU) 6-0, 6-2
6. Tucker Saxon (MINN) def. Gary Notkin (SDSU) 6-3, 7-6 (3)
Doubles competition
1. Leandro Toledo/Eric Frueh (MINN) def. Parker Lawley/Andrea Boglic (SDSU) 6-0
2. Matic Spec/Felix Corwin (MINN) vs. Mateus Moreira/Gary Notkin (SDSU) 4-1, unfinished
3. Mathieu Froment/Ruben Weber (MINN) def. Stefano Blatt/Jonny Higham (SDSU) 6-0
Match Notes
South Dakota State 0-1 (0-0 Summit)
Minnesota 2-0 (0-0 Big Ten)
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (5,1,4,2,3,6)
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