Michigan
DePaul
McCain Earns Clincher as Michigan Edges DePaul
1/28/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan men's tennis team remained unbeaten during the dual match season, posting a 4-3 victory over DePaul today (Sunday, Jan. 28) at the Varsity Tennis Center. The Wolverines (3-0) won the doubles points and captured three singles matches to earn the victory.
The match as No. 2 singles decided things, with junior Danny McCain (Largo, Fla./Canterbury School) netting a come-from-behind, three-set victory. McCain dropped the first set and was down 4-0 and 5-2 in the second set before rallying to win the second in a tie-breaker (7-2). He completed the comeback, winning the match 2-6, 7-6(2), 6-3.
For the second straight day, Michigan started the match by winning the doubles point with victories at the No. 1 and No. 3 spots. Junior co-captain Henry Beam (Kalamazoo, Mich./Loy Norrix HS) and sophomore Chris Shaya (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Saddlebrook Academy, Fla.) posted an 8-5 win at the top spot over Robert Kurek and Maciek Joswiak to gain the Wolverines' first doubles victory. Freshmen Anthony Jackson (Glendale, Wis./Nicolet HS) and Brett Baudinet (Auckland, New Zealand/King's College) secured the team point with an 8-5 victory at No. 3 over Dan Bennett and Neil Johnston. DePaul earned a 9-7 win at No. 2 as Jevgenij Cariov and Sanjay Jeram beat McCain and fellow junior Greg Novak (Stoney Creek, Ontario/Cardinal Newman HS).
In addition to McCain's match-clinching singles win, the Wolverines received victories from Jackson and Shaya. Jackson posted a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Andy Michael at No. 4 and Shaya won in three sets against Dan Bennett at No. 5 (6-0, 3-6, 6-0).
Michigan returns to action next Sunday (Feb. 4) against Louisiana-Lafayette at the Varsity Tennis Center. The match begins at 10:30 a.m., with the U-M women's squad facing DePaul immediately following.
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 -- Jevgenij Cariov (DU) d. Henry Beam, 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 -- Danny McCain (U-M) d. Maciek Joswiak, 2-6, 7-6(2), 6-3
No. 3 -- Robert Kurek (DU) d. Greg Novak, 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 -- Anthony Jackson (U-M) d. Andy Michael, 6-3, 7-5
No. 5 -- Chris Shaya (U-M) d. Dan Bennett, 6-0, 3-6, 6-0
No. 6 -- Neil Johnston (DU) d. Brett Baudinet, 6-0, 7-6(3)
Doubles
No. 1 -- Beam/Shaya (U-M) Kurek/Joswiak, 8-5
No. 2 -- Cariov/Jeram (DU) d. McCain/Novak, 9-7
No. 3 -- Jackson/Baudinet (U-M) d. Bennett/Michael, 8-5
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