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Wildcats Blank Spartans 4-0, Advance in Big Ten Championship
4/27/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 27, 2006
MINNEAPOLIS -- Northwestern's seventh-seeded men's tennis team advances to Friday's second round of the 2006 Big Ten Men's Tennis Championship after defeating No. 10 seed Michigan State 4-0 Thursday at the Baseline Tennis Center.
The 'Cats started the championship on the right note by claiming the doubles point.
Northwestern's team of Marc Dwyer (Peachtree City, Ga./University of Nebraska-Independent High School) and Juan Gomez (Mexico City, Mexico/South Florida) got the first win for the 'Cats as they allowed only two points to Michigan State's team of Mike Brown and Scott Rasmussen at No. 3 doubles.
Juniors Willy Lock (Lima, Peru/Markham College) and Christian Tempke (Wentorf, Germany/Gymnasium Lohbrügge) then clinched the match for the Wildcats with the win at No. 2. NU's team beat the Spartans' Mike Flowers and John Allare 9-7, giving Northwestern a 1-0 lead.
NU's 42nd-ranked team of senior captain Adam Schaechterle (Oconomowoc, Wis./Kettle Moraine) and junior Matt Christian (Troy, Mich./Brother Rice) had its match abandoned at a 6-6 tie with MSU's Nick Rinks and Adam Monich at No. 1 doubles.
Northwestern quickly claimed the match with three straight-set wins.
Dwyer was the first Wildcat to win, topping Flowers 6-3, 6-0 at No. 4 singles for his first Big Ten Championship win.
Schaechterle extended Northwestern's lead to 3-0 as he beat Rasmussen at the No. 5 spot 6-2, 6-0.
Gomez clinched the win for the 'Cats by beating Allare at No. 3. After winning the first-set tiebreak, Gomez took the momentum with him into the second set and won 7-5, 6-3.
With the win, Northwestern advances to the championship's second round where it faces the No. 2 seed Illinois at 2 p.m. Friday, April 28 at the Baseline Tennis Center.
The Wildcats now stand at 12-10 this season.
Northwestern (7) vs. Michigan State (10) 2006 Big Ten Championship - First Round April 27, 2006 Baseline Tennis Center Minneapolis, Minn.Singles 1. #66 Christian Tempke (NU) vs. #124 Nick Rinks (MSU), 7-6 (3), 1-6, 1-2, abd. 2. Willy Lock (NU) led Adam Monich (MSU), 6-4, 5-2, abd. 3. Juan Gomez (NU) def. John Allare (MSU), 7-5, 6-3 4. Marc Dwyer (NU) def. Mike Flowers (MSU), 6-3, 6-0 5. Adam Schaechterle (NU) def. Scott Rasmussen (MSU), 6-2, 6-0 6. Mike Brown (MSU) vs. Alexey Evstratenkov (NU), 6-2, 4-6, abd. Order of finish: 4,5,3
Doubles 1. #42 Christian/Schaechterle (NU) vs. Monich/Rinks (MSU), 6-6, abd. 2. Lock/Tempke (NU) def. Allare/Flowers (MSU), 9-7 3. Dwyer/Gomez (NU) def. Brown/Rasmussen (MSU), 8-2 Order of finish: 3,2
Northwestern (7) def. Michigan State (10), 4-0
