Indiana University Athletics
Indiana University
Big Ten Tournament
Hoosiers Fall to Northwestern in Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal
4/24/2015 3:16:00 PM | Men's Tennis
No. 5 Indiana vs. No. 4 Northwestern
Results: Indiana 1, Northwestern 4
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The No. 5 seed Indiana men's tennis team dropped a 4-1 match against No. 4 seed Northwestern in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Men's Tennis Tournament on Friday at the Atkins Tennis Center.
Northwestern (20-7) took No. 1 and No. 2 doubles matches against the Hoosiers (18-11) to get the doubles point and build a 1-0 lead.
Northwestern went on to win the first set in five of the six singles matches. Senior Sven Lalic put the Hoosiers on the board with a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles to bring the match score to 2-1. The Wildcats picked up a win at No. 6 singles to go up 3-1.
After dropping the first set, junior Daniel Bednarczyk came back to win his second set 7-5 and force a final set. Northwestern's Strong Kirchheimer would win that set and clinch the match for Northwestern.
The Hoosiers will now await the NCAA Men's Tennis Selection Announcement on Tuesday April 28 at 5:30 p.m. ET on NCAA.com to see if they will make the 64 team field.
Northwestern 4, Indiana 1
Singles competition
- #42 Sam Shropshire (NU) vs. Sam Monette (IU) 7-6 (7-5), 5-4, unfinished
- Strong Kirchheimer (NU) def. Daniel Bednarczyk (IU) 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
- Sven Lalic (IU) def. Konrad Zieba (NU) 6-3, 6-3
- Logan Staggs (NU) def. Raheel Manji (IU) 6-0, 6-3
- Fedor Baev (NU) vs. Matthew McCoy (IU) 6-1, 3-6, 3-2, unfinished
- Alp Horoz (NU) def. Stefan Lugonjic (IU) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles competition
- #58 Alex Pasareanu/Sam Shropshire (NU) def. Daniel Bednarczyk/Sam Monette (IU) 8-3
- Fedor Baev/Strong Kirchheimer (NU) def. Chris Essick/Stefan Lugonjic (IU) 8-4
- Alp Horoz/Mihir Kumar (NU) vs. Sven Lalic/Raheel Manji (IU) 4-5, unfinished
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