Northwestern
Ohio State
Wildcats Fall To Buckeyes in Regular-Season Finale, 7-0
4/22/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 22, 2006
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Northwestern's men's tennis team dropped the doubles point and was swept in singles play in a 7-0 loss versus No. 7 Ohio State Saturday at the Stickney Tennis Center in its regular-season finale. The Wildcats finish the regular season with an 11-10 record, including a 5-5 mark in the Big Ten.
Ohio State began the match by taking all three doubles matches.
At the No. 1 position, Adam Schaechterle (Oconomowoc, Wis./Kettle Moraine) and Matt Christian (Troy, Mich./Brother Rice) fell just short to the Buckeyes' top-ranked tandem of Scott Green and Ross Wilson. After the two teams played to a tiebreak, the Buckeyes edged the 'Cats in the breaker 8-6. They won the match 8-7 (6).
At No. 2, Chris Klingemann and Devin Mullings beat Christian Tempke (Wentorf, Germany/Gymnasium Lohbrügge) and Willy Lock (Lima, Peru/Markham College) 8-5, while Juan Gomez (Mexico City, Mexico/South Florida) and Marc Dwyer (Peachtree City, Ga./University of Nebraska-Independent Study H.S.) fell to Drew Eberly and Bryan Koniecko 8-4 at the No. 3 spot.
The Buckeyes' doubles success translated into singles wins as well, as Ohio State promptly won all six singles matches.
OSU's 103rd-ranked Chris Klingemann took a win at No. 1 singles as he beat No. 67 Tempke 6-1, 6-1.
The 38th-ranked Koniecko took a win over Lock at No. 2 singles. Lock took the first set easily, but Koniecko came back to win the final two sets and take the match 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.
No. 108 Mullings topped Gomez 6-0, 7-6 at No. 3 singles, while Dwyer fell to Dennis Mertens 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4.
No. 110 Moneke took a win over Schaechterle 6-2, 6-3 at the No. 5 spot while Wilson topped Evstratenkov 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6.
The Wildcats return to action at the Big Ten Championships Thursday through Sunday, April 27-30 at the University of Minnesota.
No. 7 Ohio State 7, No. 61 Northwestern 0 Singles No. 1 Chris Klingemann (OSU/21-6) def. Christian Tempke (NU) 6-1, 6-1 No. 2 No. 38 Bryan Koniecko (OSU/20-11) def. Willy Lock (NU) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 No. 3 Devin Mullings (OSU/23-9) def. Juan Gomez (NU) 6-0, 7-6 No. 4 Dennis Mertens (OSU/24-6) def. Marc Dwyer (NU) 6-2, 6-2 No. 5 Steven Moneke (OSU/15-6) def. Adam Schaechterle (NU) 6-2, 6-3 No. 6 Ross Wilson (OSU/20-6) def. Alexy Evstratenkov (NU) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles No. 1 No. 1 Ross Wilson/Scott Green (OSU/26-2) def. Adam Schaechterle/Matt Christian (NU) 8-7 (8-6) No. 2 Chris Klingemann/Devin Mullings (OSU/19-2) def. Christian Tempke/ Willy Lock (NU) 8-5 No. 3 Drew Eberly/Bryan Koniecko (OSU/17-2) def. Juan Gomez/Marc Dwyer (NU) 8-4
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