Crane Solid at Big Ten Individuals

Friday, October 27

Michigan State

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Indiana University

Big Ten Individual Championships

10/30/2017 12:05:00 AM | Men's Tennis

EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Indiana men's tennis team sent four to the 2017 Big Ten Indoors Singles and Doubles Championships on the campus of Michigan State for its second to last tournament of fall.

Sophomore's Payam Ahmadi, Zac Brodney, Bennett Crane and freshman Brandon Lam took part in the tournament for the Hoosiers.

Crane made the quarterfinals in singles and with Lam, went to the semifinals in doubles.

Up next, the Hoosiers will close out the fall slate with the Wake Forest Invitational from Nov. 3-Nov. 5.

RESULTS

Singles

First Round

Joey Thomas (OSU) def. Payam Ahmadi, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1

Josh Mukherjee (MSU) def. Zac Brodney, 7-5, 7-6(5)

Brandon Lam – Bye

Bennett Crane – Bye

Second Round

Lam def. Billy Shisler (MSU), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Crane def. Chris Kuhnle (PSU), 6-2, 6-1

Round of 16

Nick Brookes (NU) def. Lam, 6-2(7), 6-3, 6-3

Crane def. Piotr Smietana (Iowa), 6-1, 6-1

Quarterfinal

Matt Mendez (OSU) def. Crane, 6-3, 6-1

Doubles

First Round

Crane/Lam – Bye

Ahmadi/Brodney def. Jacoby/Larsen (Iowa), 8-7 (7)

Round of 16

Crane/Lam def. Kobelt/Wareti (OSU), 8-5

Siimar/Beaty (UM) def. Ahmadi/Brodney, 8-4

Quarterfinal

Crane/Lam def. Seidman/Joshi (NU), 8-2

Semifinal

Brown/Crocker (UM) def. Crane/Lam, 8-7(3)