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Hoosiers Fall at Michigan
4/18/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 18, 2014
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The No. 59 Indiana men’s tennis team fell on the road to No. 49 Michigan, 5-2, on Friday.
The No. 59 nationally ranked doubles team of sophomores Sam Monette and Daniel Bednarczyk got the Hoosiers off to a good start with an 8-1 victory at No. 1 doubles. Michigan would respond with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles to take the point and go up 1-0 in the match.
Michigan extended their lead to 2-0 with a win at No. 6 singles, before the Hoosiers came back to even the match at 2-2 with wins from Monette and senior Dimitrije Tasic.
The Wolverines pushed the match to 3-2 with a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles. At No. 3 singles Bednarczyk fought back after dropping the first set and won the second set to force a third set, which Michigan won on a tiebreak to clinch the match.
The Hoosiers will conclude the regular season on the road at Michigan State on Sunday at 12:00 p.m.
No. 1 -- No. 104 Sam Monette (Indiana) def. No. 103 Alex Petrone (U-M), 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 -- Shaun Bernstein (U-M) def. Sven Lalic (Indiana), 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 -- Justin Rossi (U-M) def. Daniel Bednarczyk (Indiana), 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2)
No. 4 -- Dimitrije Tasic (Indiana) def. Vlad Stefan (U-M), 7-5, 6-2
No. 5 -- Barrett Franks (U-M) def. Elliott Yee (Indiana), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
No. 6 -- Alex Buzzi (U-M) def. Chris Essick (Indiana), 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- No. 59 Daniel Bednarczyk/Sam Monette (Indiana) def. No. 31 Barrett Franks/Alex Buzzi (U-M), 8-1
No. 2 -- Shaun Bernstein/Kevin Wong (U-M) def. Dimitrije Tasic/Sven Lalic (Indiana), 8-6
No. 3 -- Alex Petrone/Michael Zhu (U-M) def. Chris Essick/Stefan Lugonjic (Indiana), 8-6
Order of Completion: Doubles - 1-3-2; Singles - 6-4-1-2-3-5
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