Hoosiers Fall on the Road at Iowa

Friday, February 19

Iowa City, Iowa

2:00 PM

Indiana University

Iowa

2/19/2021 5:09:00 PM | Men's Tennis

IOWA CITY, Iowa– The Indiana men's tennis team dropped their first match of the season 5-2 against Iowa on Friday.

The Hawkeyes won at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles to earn the doubles point and take a 1-0 lead in the match.

Iowa went up 3-0, before Luka Vukovic put the Hoosiers on the board with a 7-5, 6-4 win.

Andrew Redding battled back from a first set loss to win his second set and come up short in a tie breaker in the third set.

Freshman Michael Andre secured his first collegiate win with a 4-6, 7-6, 1-0 (10-6) win at No. 5 singles.

Up next the Hoosiers compete against Nebraska on Sunday at 12 p.m. ET.

Singles competition

1. #39 Kareem Allaf (IOWA) def. #48 Bennett Crane (IND) 6-2, 6-3

2. Oliver Okonkwo (IOWA) def. Andrew Redding (IND) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5)

3. Joe Tyler (IOWA) def. Carson Haskins (IND) 6-0, 6-1

4. Will Davies (IOWA) def. Vikash Singh (IND) 6-3, 7-5

5. Michael Andre (IND) def. Jason Kerst (IOWA) 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 1-0 (10-6)

6. Luka Vukovic (IND) def. Peter Alam (IOWA) 7-5, 6-4

Doubles competition

1. #17 Oliver Okonkwo/Will Davies (IOWA) def. Bennett Crane/Michael Andre (IND) 6-3

2. Kareem Allaf/Nikita Snezhko (IOWA) def. Carson Haskins/Ilya Tiraspolsky (IND) 6-2

3. Joe Tyler/Peter Alam (IOWA) vs. William Piekarsky/Andrew Redding (IND) 5-4, unfinished