Northwestern
Minnesota
No. 39 Men's Tennis Falls To No. 23 Minnesota
4/12/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 12, 2002
MINNEAPOLIS - The Northwestern men's tennis team lost 7-0 to No. 23 Minnesota Friday evening, marking the second defeat at the hands of a top-25 Big Ten Conference team in as many weeks.
The Wildcats (11-7, 4-3 Big Ten) were swept in doubles competition and lost in straight sets in all but one singles match to the Golden Gophers (11-5, 4-2 Big Ten).
At the No. 1 singles spot, Tommy Hanus (Palatine, Ill./Palatine), who is currently ranked No. 118, fell to third-ranked Harsh Mankad, 7-6(3), 6-1. Mankad is the highest-ranked singles player any Wildcat has faced this season.
Jamie Sahara (Santa Maria, Calif./St. Joseph) was able to push his opponent, No. 80 Aleksey Zharinov, to near-tiebreakers in both sets. Sahara lost 7-5, 7-5. Senior Joost Hol (Newport Beach, Calif./Foothill) was the only NU player to take his match to three sets before falling to Manuel Lievano at the No. 4 position, 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-2.
Chuck Perrin (Atlanta, Ga./The Walker School) was defeated at the No. 6 spot by last week's Big Ten Player of the Week, No. 115 Avery Ticer, 6-2, 6-4.
Northwestern travels to No. 73 Wisconsin Sunday for a 1 p.m. match.
No. 23 Minnesota 7, No. 39 Northwestern 0
Doubles
1. Harsh Mankad/Thomas Haug, UM def. Tommy Hanus/Russell Bennett, 8-5
2. Reven Stephens/Manuel Lievano, UM def. Jackie Jenkins/Chuck Perrin, 8-4
3. Aleksey Zharinov/Avery Ticer, UM def. Josh Axler/Ryan Edlefsen, 8-6
Singles
1. No. 3 Harsh Mankad, UM def. No. 118 Tommy Hanus, 7-6(3), 6-1
2. Thomas Haug, UM def. Ryan Edlefsen, 7-6, 6-4
3. No. 80 Aleksey Zharinov, UM def. Jamie Sahara, 7-5, 7-5
4. Manuel Lievano, UM def. Joost Hol, 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-2
5. Chris Wettengel, UM def. Josh Axler, 6-3, 6-4
6. No. 115 Avery Ticer, UM def. Chuck Perrin, 6-2, 6-4
