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Big Ten Tournament
Hoosiers Take Down Purdue, Advance in Big Ten Tournament
4/23/2015 3:09:00 PM | Men's Tennis
No. 5 Indiana vs. No. 12 Purdue
Results: Indiana 4, Purdue 2
Next: No. 5 Indiana vs. No. 4 Northwestern (Friday, April 24 at 11:00 a.m. ET)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The No. 5 seed Indiana men's tennis team defeated No. 12 seed Purdue 4-2 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Men's Tennis Tournament on Thursday at the Atkins Tennis Center.
Purdue won the doubles point but the Hoosiers (18-10) came back to win five of six first sets on their way to the match victory.
"We came back from a difficult situation after doubles," IU head coach Jeremy Wurtzman said. "It came down to who was going to compete harder and our guys did a great job of getting leads and taking control of matches in singles. We had great energy and played like a team today."
Purdue led the match 2-0, until sophomore Stefan Lugonjic and freshman Raheel Manji evened the match 2-0 with 6-1, 6-2 and 6-2, 6-2 victories.
Junior Daniel Bednarczyk put the Hoosiers on top 3-2 with a 6-0, 6-3 win at the No. 2 singles position.
With the No. 3 singles match going to a second set tiebreak, sophomore Matthew McCoy clinched the match for the Hoosiers with a 6-2, 6-4 at the No. 5 singles position.
Up next the Hoosiers advance to the quarterfinals, where they will battle No. 4 seed Northwestern tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. ET. Earlier this season the Wildcats beat the Hoosiers 4-3 in Bloomington.
Indiana 4, Purdue 2
Singles competition
- Diego Acosta (PUR) def. Sam Monette (IU) 6-2, 6-1
- Daniel Bednarczyk (IU) def. Ricky Medinilla (PUR) 6-0, 6-3
- Sven Lalic (IU) vs. Mateus Silva (PUR) 6-3, 6-6, unfinished
- Raheel Manji (IU) def. Arthur Dobradin (PUR) 6-2, 6-2
- Matthew McCoy (IU) def. Lucas Dages (PUR) 6-2, 6-4
- Stefan Lugonjic (IU) def. Renan Hanayama (PUR) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition
- Diego Acosta/Ricky Medinilla (PUR) def. Sam Monette/Daniel Bednarczyk (IU) 8-4
- Chris Essick/Stefan Lugonjic (IU) vs. Lucas Dages/Arthur Dobradin (PUR) 7-3, unfinished
- Mateus Silva/Renan Hanayama (PUR) def. Sven Lalic/Raheel Manji (IU) 8-4
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