Wildcats Buck Badgers, 7-0

Feb. 8, 2003

EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern bounced back from its first loss of the season with a shutout (7-0) of Big Ten foe Wisconsin on Saturday at Combe Tennis Center. It was the Wildcats? 14th consecutive win against the Badgers, dating to April 7, 1991.

Jackie Jenkins (College Park, Ga./Westake) and Chuck Perrin (Atlanta, Ga./The Walker School) improved to 8-2 in doubles as NU won its third straight doubles point. Tommy Hanus (Palatine, Ill./Palatine) and Russell Bennett (Wilmette, Ill./New Trier) secured the point with a 9-8 (5) win against the Badgers? Alex Conti and Blake Baratz.

Hanus went on to clinch the match with his 7-5, 6-3 decision against David Hippee. Hanus has a team-high 13 singles wins. Josh Axler (Huntington, N.Y./Walt Whitman), Perrin, Adam Schaechterle (Oconomowoc, Wis./Kettle Moraine) and Ahmed Wahla (Lahore, Pakistan/Lahore American School) also picked up straight-set wins.

Jenkins dropped the only set in singles play, falling behind one set to Alex Kasarov. But Jenkins won the last two frames, both by 6-2 margins, for the win.

Northwestern (4-1, 1-0 Big Ten) returns to action Sunday against Indiana State. Match time is set for 2 p.m. at Combe Tennis Center.

Northwestern 7, Wisconsin 0

Doubles
1. Jackie Jenkins/Chuck Perrin (NU) def. Scott Green/Jordan Raemisch (UW), 8-6
2. Alex Kasarov/David Hippee (UW) def. Josh Axler/Adam Schaechterle (NU), 8-4
3. Tommy Hanus/Russell Bennett (NU) def. Alex Conti/Blake Baratz (UW), 9-8 (5)

Singles
1. Hanus (NU) def. Hippee (UW), 7-5, 6-3
2. Jenkins (NU) def. Kasarov (UW), 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
3. Axler (NU) def. Baratz (UW), 6-3, 6-2
4. Perrin (NU) def. Ward Bortz (UW), 7-6, 6-1
5. Schaechterle (NU) def. Raemisch (UW), 6-4, 6-4
6. Ahmed Wahla (NU) def. Jeremiah Fuller (UW), 6-1, 6-3

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