Indiana Falls to No. 11 Michigan, 4-2

Saturday, March 31

Ann Arbor, MI

12:00 PM

Indiana University

Michigan

3/31/2018 4:53:00 PM | Men's Tennis

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Indiana men's tennis team (9-10) were defeated by the No. 11 Michigan Wolverines, 4-2, on Saturday afternoon inside the Varsity Tennis Center.

Doubles came down to the wire as the Wolverines took the second spot and senior Raheel Manji and sophomore Zac Brodney won 6-4 at the third spot. In the deciding match for the extra point, IU faced a Michigan match point at 6-5 but rallied to send it to a tiebreaker.

In the tiebreaker, senior Keivon Tabrizi and sophomore Bennett Crane jumped out to a 4-1 lead and had to rally after the Wolverines pair roared back for a 5-4 lead. Three straight points for IU gave them the tiebreaker win at the top spot and won them the doubles point.

The Wolverines used a strong singles lineup to take the first two singles matches and a 2-1 lead. Indiana tied it up when freshman Andrew Redding took down Davis Crocker, 6-4, 6-3 at the six spot.

With two ranked players, the top two spots went Michigan's way to lock up a 4-2 win.

Up next, Indiana comes home for a pair of weekend matches against Minnesota on April 6 (6 PM) and Wisconsin on April 8 (12 PM).

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RESULTS
No. 11 Michigan 4, Indiana 2

Singles
1. #5 Alex Knight (MICH) def. Raheel Manji (IU), 6-3, 6-2
2. #27 Runhao Hua (MICH) def. Antonio Cembellin (IU), 7-6, 6-0
3. Myles Schalet (MICH) def. Keivon Tabrizi (IU), 6-1, 6-3
4. Carter Lin (MICH) vs. Bennett Crane (IU), 3-6, 6-3, 2-1
5. Mattias Siimar (MICH) def. Zac Brodney (IU), 6-3, 6-3
6. Andrew Redding (IU) def. Davis Crocker (MICH), 6-4, 6-3

Doubles
1. Crane/Tabrizi (IU) def. Knight/Siimar (MICH), 7-6 (7-5)
2. Johnston/Schalet (MICH) def. Cembellin/Salgado (IU), 6-2
3. Manji/Brodney (IU) def. Hua/Lin (MICH), 6-4

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