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Minnesota Improves to 5-0
1/28/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Box Score
Minneapolis, Minn. ââ'¬" The University of Minnesota improved to 5-0 on the season after defeating both Western Michigan and Green Bay tonight at Baseline Tennis Center.
The No. 48 ranked doubles pair Felix Corwin and Matic Spec started the morning with a 6-1 win over Maik Steiner and Jannik Opitz, remaining undefeated on the season. Marino Alpeza and Eli Ogilvy rallied but fell short to Kennosuke Nouchi and Daniel Loebel 6-3. Western Michigan would go on to win the third doubles set as Justyn Levin and Stefan Milicevic dropped their set to Billy Heckman and Nick Schnobel by a score of 6-4.
Spec, ranked No. 42 in the nation, grabbed the first singles victory of the day with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Nouchi, evening the match at one win apiece. Shortly later, Levin dropped his match to Eric Olivarez 6-4, 6-0, giving Western Michigan a 2-1 lead.
Milicevic evened it out quickly for the Gophers after battling to a 7-5, 7-5 win over Opitz. After a strong second set, Alpeza fell to Matej Svjetlicic 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, giving the Broncos a 3-2 lead.
Corwin won in straight sets, both of which went to tiebreakers. He defeated Matt Hamilton 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4). It was just moments later when Ogilvy captured the fourth win for Minnesota, giving the Gophers the win 4-3. The freshman defeated Maik Steiner 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Alpeza and Ogilvy started off the second match with a 6-2 victory over Florian Kraenzler and Charlie Ridout then soon after Corwin and Spec clinched the doubles point by defeating Marei Kostadinov and Miles McDowall 6-2. Jesse Sprinkel and Milicevic were beating Ivan Radomirovic and Josh Schramm 5-2 before the match was stopped due the point being clinched.
George Lovitt picked up the first Gopher victory with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Ridout then Spec defeated Kraenzler 6-1, 6-4 to put Minnesota up 3-0.
Alpeza clinched the fifth win of the season for the Maroon and Gold when he defeated Radomirovic in the No. 6 spot 6-4, 6-4.
Corwin battled out a 6-4, 6-3 win against Kostadinov from the No. 2 spot while Milicevic, in the No. 3 spot, defeated Schramm 6-3, 6-4. Josip Krstanovic came back in the first set to win 7-5 then battled to win the second set 7-6(3).
Minnesota will wrap up the home stand February 4 as they host Dartmouth at 6 p.m. at Baseline. You can follow all of the action this year on the Gophers' Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Minnesota 4, Western Michigan 3
Singles competition
1. #42 Matic Spec (MINN) def. Kennosuke Nouchi (WMU) 6-3, 6-4
2. Felix Corwin (MINN) def. Matt Hamilton (WMU) 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4)
3. Eli Ogilvy (MINN) def. Maik Steiner (WMU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
4. Stefan Milicevic (MINN) def. Jannik Opitz (WMU) 7-5, 7-5
5. Matej Svjetlicic (WMU) def. Marino Alpeza (MINN) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
6. Eric Olivarez (WMU) def. Justyn Levin (MINN) 6-4, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. #48 Felix Corwin/Matic Spec (MINN) def. Maik Steiner/Jannik Opitz (WMU) 6-1
2. Daniel Loebel/Kennosuke Nouchi (WMU) def. Marino Alpeza/Eli Ogilvy (MINN) 6-3
3. Billy Heckman/Nick Schnobel (WMU) def. Stefan Milicevic/Justyn Levin (MINN) 6-4
Order of Finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (1,6,4,5,2,3)
Minnesota 7, Green Bay 0
Singles competition
1. #42 Matic Spec (MINN) def. KRAENZLER, Florian (GBM) 6-1, 6-4
2. Felix Corwin (MINN) def. KOSTADINOV, Matej (GBM) 6-4, 6-3
3. Stefan Milicevic (MINN) def. SCHRAMM, Joshua (GBM) 6-3, 6-4
4. Josip Krstanovic (MINN) def. McDOWALL, Miles (GBM) 7-5, 7-6 (7-3)
5. George Lovitt (MINN) def. RIDOUT, Charlie (GBM) 6-2, 6-0
6. Marino Alpeza (MINN) def. RADOMIROVIC, Ivan (GBM) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. #48 Felix Corwin/Matic Spec (MINN) def. KOSTADINOV, Matej/McDOWALL, Miles (GBM) 6-2
2. Marino Alpeza/Eli Ogilvy (MINN) def. KRAENZLER, Florian/RIDOUT, Charlie (GBM) 6-2
3. Stefan Milicevic/Jesse Sprinkel (MINN) vs. RADOMIROVIC, Ivan/SCHRAMM, Joshua (GBM) 5-2, unfinished
Order of Finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (5,1,6,2,3,4)
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