Hoosiers Fall at Notre Dame

Sunday, February 19

South Bend, IND.

12:00 PM

Indiana University

Notre Dame

2/19/2017 3:11:00 PM | Men's Tennis

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Indiana men's tennis team (7-4) suffered a 7-0 loss to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Sunday afternoon in the Eck Tennis Pavilion.

The Irish won the doubles point with a 6-1 win at the third spot, and a 6-4 win by the sixth ranked duo of Eddy Covalschi and Josh Hagar. At the second spot, IU sophomore Antonio Cembellin and senior Stefan Lugonjic had a 5-4 lead but the match went unfinished.

Notre Dame earned straight set victories at No. 3 and No. 5 singles to take a 3-0 lead in the match. The Irish claimed their fourth win with a 6-3, 6-4 at the No. 6 spot. Although losing the remaining matches, IU went three sets in two out of three. At the top spot, junior Raheel Manji fell 4-6, 6-1, 5-7 to the 34^th ranked player.

Up next, IU will travel to Seattle, Wash. for a match against the Washington Huskies on Sunday, Feb. 26, at 1:30 p.m.

RESULTS
Notre Dame 7, Indiana 0

Singles
1. No. 34 Josh Hagar (ND) def. Raheel Manji (IU) 6-4, 1-6, 7-5,
2. Alex Lebedev (ND) def. Keivon Tabrizi (IU) 6-4, 7-5
3. Grayson Broadus (ND) def. Antonio Cembellin (IU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Matt Gamble (ND) def. Matthew McCoy (IU) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
5. Guillermo Cabrera (ND) def. Bennett Crane (IU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Johnathan Small (ND) def. Oliver Sec (IU) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles
1. No. 6 Covalschi/Hagar (ND) def. No. 31 Manji/Tabrizi (IU)) 6-4
2. Cembellin/Lugonjic (IU) vs. Gamble/Lebedev (ND) 5-4, unfinished
3. Broadus/Kempin (ND) def. Crane/Brodney (IU) 6-1

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1), Singles (3,5,6,4,2,1)