Northwestern
Notre Dame
Men's Tennis Drops Match to Notre Dame
2/24/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 24, 2001
EVANSTON, Ill. -- The Northwestern men's tennis team's unbeaten streak was halted this afternoon in South Bend, Ind., at the hands of 26th-ranked Notre Dame. The Irish took the doubles point and four of the singles matches to defeat the Wildcats, 5-2. The `Cats fall to 6-1 on the season.
The Wildcats battled the Fighting Irish to three sets in four of the six singles matches and forced six tiebreakers, including three in Ryan Edlefsen's (Eden Prairie, Minn./Pepperdine) loss at No. 5. Joost Hol (Newport Beach, Calif./Foothill) continued his own personal win streak by defeating Luis Haddock-Morales (6-4, 2-6, 6-4) at the No. 3 position. Hol has now won six straight matches. Jackie Jenkins (College Park, Ga./Westlake) won his 10th match the year by defeating Casey Smith (6-1, 7-5[5]).
In doubles action, Brad Erickson (Eugene, Ore./South Eugene) and Hol defeated the 14th-ranked pair of Aaron Talarico and Javier Taborga in the No. 1 spot.
SINGLES
No. 1 - Jackie Jenkins (NU) def. Casey Smith (ND) 6-1, 7-6 (5)
No. 2 - Javier Taborga (ND) def. Brad Erickson (NU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
No. 3 - Joost Hol (NU) def. Luis Haddock-Morales (ND) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
No. 4 - Aaron Talarico (ND) def. Jamie Sahara (NU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 - Brian Farrell (ND) def. Ryan Edlefsen (NU) 6-7 (5), 7-6 (10), 7-6 (5)
No. 6 - Matthew Scott (ND) def. Josh Axler (NU) 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (6)
DOUBLES
No. 1 - Erickson/Hol (NU) def. Taborga/Talarico (ND), 9-8 (5)
No. 2 - Haddock-Morales/Smith (ND) def. Russell Bennett/Jenkins (NU), 8-6
No. 3 - Matt Daly/Farrell (ND) def. Axler/Edlefson (NU), 8-4
