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Northwestern Falls To Wisconsin, 5-2
4/9/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 9, 2010
MADISON, Wis. -- Northwestern dropped a close, 5-2 match to No. 33 Wisconsin Friday afternoon at Nielsen Tennis Stadium. Freshman Spencer Wolf (Coral Springs, Fla./Laurel Springs) was the lone Wildcat to notch a singles victory as the 'Cats will look to bounce back against Purdue Sunday afternoon at Combe Tennis Center.
“We had a solid effort from doubles today,” said head coach Arvid Swan. “Wisconsin is a tough team like all of the other teams in the conference. The Boilermakers will be a difficult opponent on Sunday.”
Wisconsin won the No. 1 doubles match, but NU fought back to take the other two matches and escape with the point. Marek Michalicka and Patrick Pohlmann defeated NU's Andrew McCarthy (Cincinnati, Ohio/Indian Hill) and Tobias Reitz (Reinbeck, Germany/Sachsenwaldschule Reinbeck) at No. 1, 8-4.
Joshua Graves (Milwaukee, Wis./Nicolet) and Wolf teamed to even it up with an 8-4 defeat of Billy Bertha and Moritz Baumann at No. 2. Alex Sanborn (Houston, Texas/Kinkaid) and Eric Spector (Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook North) provided the clincher for the 'Cats, defeating Luke Rassow-Kantor and Chris Freeman, 8-5, at No. 3.
Wisconsin tied it up 1-all with a Marek Michalicka straight set victory over NU's Sidarth Balaji (Fairfax, Va./Fairfax). The 21st-ranked Badger junior proved too much for the Wildcat freshman, playing his first match at No. 2 singles.
The Badgers took the lead behind a 6-1, 6-1 effort from No. 17 Moritz Baumann, who defeated Graves at No. 1. Patrick Pohlmann built on the UW lead with a 6-2, 6-3 win over McCarthy at No. 3.
Northwestern closed the gap to just one with a 6-2, 6-2 Spencer Wolf victory over Wisconsin's Billy Bertha at No. 4. However, it proved to be the only NU singles win of the dual as Sanborn and Spector fell at No. 5 and No. 6, respectively.
After three matches on the road, the Wildcat return home Sunday afternoon to host the Purdue Boilermakers. Play is set to being at noon.
#33 Wisconsin 5, #48 Northwestern 2
Singles
1. #17 Moritz Baumann (WIS) def. #84 Joshua Graves (NU) 6-1, 6-1
2. #21 Marek Michalicka (WIS) def. Sidarth Balaji (NU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Patrick Pohlmann (WIS) def. Andrew McCarthy (NU) 6-2, 6-3
4. Spencer Wolf (NU) def. Billy Bertha (WIS) 6-2, 6-2
5. Chris Freeman (WIS) def. Alex Sanborn (NU) 7-5, 6-2
6.Ricardo Martin (WIS) def. Eric Spector (NU) 7-6 (9-7), 6-2
Doubles
1. Marek Michalicka/Patrick Pohlmann (WIS) def. Andrew McCarthy/Tobias Reitz (NU) 8-4
2. Joshua Graves/Spencer Wolf (NU) def. Billy Bertha/Moritz Baumann (WIS) 8-4
3. Alex Sanborn/Eric Spector (NU) def. Luke Rassow-Kantor/Chris Freeman (WIS) 8-5
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (2,1,3,4,5,6)
