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Gophers Take Two at Home
2/27/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 27, 2016
The No. 45 University of Minnesota Gophers went 2-0 at Baseline on Saturday, defeating Army 7-0 and Illinois State 6-1. The Gophers are now 5-3 at home.
"It was a lot of tennis today with two matches, but good for us to learn from and we are looking forward to this weekend against two good opponents," head coach Geoff Young said.
Minnesota started the day with a sweep of Army. Marino Alpeza and Ruben Weber took home the first win for the Gophers, defeating Grant Riechmann and Harrison McCormick of Army 6-4 at the No. 1 spot. Josip Krstanovic and Justyn Levin secured the doubles point, winning 6-4 at the No. 3 spot. The match at the No. 2 spot went unfinished, with Army up 5-3 over Matic Spec and Jeremy Lynn.
Lynn earned the final of six singles victories in a closely fought match at the No. 6 spot, winning 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4). Levin and Weber both earned 6-3, 6-3 wins at the No. 3 and 2 spot, with Weber clinching the win for the Gophers.
The remaining three matches were played out, with Alpeza, Spec and Corwin taking home wins.
The Gophers stayed strong in the second match of the day, winning 6-1 against Illinois State.
Krstanovic and Levin earned the first win of the afternoon at the No. 3 spot defeating Christoffer Greve and Dylan Steffens, 6-1. As a pair, that marks their sixth win.
Spec and Lynn clinched the doubles point with a sweep at the No. 2 spot, winning 6-0. They are now 7-1 together as doubles partners.
The match at the No. 1 ended just after the No. 2 match, and was counted as finished with Alpeza and Weber winning 6-1.
All Gophers players won their first set in singles play. Spec took home the first singles victory over Urh Krajnc Domiter, 6-1, 6-2. Spec is now 10-7. Weber followed closely behind, earning a win at the No. 2 spot 6-4, 6-2. Weber still holds a team-best 13-7 record.
Corwin clinched the win for the Gophers and earned his ninth win of the season 6-4, 6-4 at the No. 5 spot.
In a three-set thriller, Alpeza pulled out a win at the No. 6 spot 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.
Levin was the last Gopher on the court, just barely losing a tie-break at the No. 4 spot. Christoffer Greve of Illinois State won 5-7, 7-6 (4) 1-0 (17).
The Gophers improve to 5-7 on the season and will travel to Oregon and Washington next weekend, playing on March 4 and 6.
No. 45 Minnesota 7, Army 0
Doubles Competition
1. Marino Alpeza/Ruben Weber (MINN) def. Grant Riechmann/Harrison McCormick (ARMY) 6-4
2. Kyle Barnes/Austin McCasin (ARMY) vs. Matic Spec/Jeremy Lynn (MINN) unfinished
3. Josip Krstanovic/Justyn Levin (MINN) def. Michael Sienko/Michael Nguyen (ARMY) 6-4
Singles Competition
1. Matic Spec (MINN) def. Grant Riechmann (ARMY) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
2. Ruben Weber (MINN) def. David Mitchell (ARMY) 6-3, 6-3
3. Justyn Levin (MINN) def. Kyle Barnes (ARMY) 6-3, 6-3
4. Felix Corwin (MINN) def. Michael Nguyen (ARMY) 7-6 (6), 6-3
5. Marino Alpeza (MINN) def. Austin McCasin (ARMY) 6-3, 6-2
6. Jeremy Lynn (MINN) def. Harrison McCormick (ARMY) 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4)
Order of Finish: Doubles (1,3,2) Singles (6, 3, 2*, 5, 1, 4) *Clinched match
No. 45 Minnesota 6, Illinois State 1
Doubles Competition
1. Marino Alpeza/Ruben Weber (MINN) def. Andreas Boers/Rodrigo Oliveira (IST) 6-1
2. Matic Spec/Jeremy Lynn (MINN) def. Jakub Eisner/Egehan Sertkaya (IST) 6-0
3. Josip Krstanovic/Justyn Levin (MINN) def. Christoffer Greve/Dylan Steffens (IST) 6-1
Singles Competition
1. Matic Spec (MINN) def. Urh Krajnc Domiter (IST) 6-1, 6-2
2. Ruben Weber (MINN) def. Jakub Eisner (IST) 6-4, 6-2
3. Josip Krstanovic (MINN) def. Rodrigo Oliveira (IST) 7-5, 6-2
4. Christoffer Greve (IST) def. Justyn Levin (MINN) 5-7, 7-6 (4), 1-0 (17)
5. Felix Corwin (MINN) def. Andreas Boers (IST) 6-4, 6-4
6. Marino Alpeza (MINN) def. Dylan Steffens (IST) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2,1) Singles (1,2,5*,3,6,4) *Clinched match
