Northwestern University Athletics
Men's Tennis Falls to Purdue
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Sat., April 17, 1999
Vandy Christie Tennis Center (Evanston, Ill.)
Purdue 5, Northwestern 2
Northwestern had a four-match winning streak halted by Purdue on Saturday, 5-2, but senior captain Doug Bohaboy (Palo Alto, Calif.) continued his winning ways with two wins at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles. Bohaboy blanked Purdue's Jamie Gordon (6-0, 6-0) to improve to 6-1 in the Big Ten at the No. 1 spot. He has now won seven of his last eight dual matches and five-straight in the conference.
The Boilermakers set the tone early, winning two out of the three doubles matches to capture the doubles point. Senior Cris James clinched the win for Purdue at No. 3 singles. He came back after dropping the first set (6-7 (6)) to upend NUs Derrick Nguyen (Darnestown, Md.) 6-3, 6-0.
Northwestern was without freshman Joost Hol (Santa Ana, Calif.) who suffered a sprained ankle in his singles match victory last weekend at Penn State. The Wildcats drop to 9-8, 4-3 in the Big Ten, while the Boilermakers improve to 13-6, 5-3 in the conference.
NU takes on Indiana Sun., April 18, at noon at the Vandy Christie Tennis Center.
Singles
1. Doug Bohaboy (NU) def. Jamie Gordon (P) 6-0, 6-0
2. Derek Myers (P) def. Martin Bengtsson (NU) 6-1, 6-1
3. Cris James (P) def. Derrick Nguyen (NU) 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-0
4. Jason Marshall (P) def. Brad Erickson (NU) 6-3, 1-6, 4-6
5. Jamie Sahara (NU) def. Derek Miller (P) 6-2, 7-6
6. Cade Lutz (P) def. Brian Moss (NU) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles
1. Bengtsson/Bohaboy (NU) def. Myers/Laith Al-Agba (P) 8-5
2. Marshall/James (P) def. Erickson/Nguyen (NU) 8-2
3. Swan/Gordon (P) def. Sahara/Moss (N) 8-3
