Michigan
Notre Dame
Notre Dame Hands Wolverines Sixth Straight Loss
3/8/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The University of Michigan men's tennis squad suffered a 7-0 loss to No. 26-ranked Notre Dame Thursday afternoon (March 8) at the Eck Tennis Pavilion. The Wolverines (5-6) were forced to move everyone up a spot in the lineup since No. 1 singles player and junior co-captain Henry Beam (Kalamazoo, Mich./Loy Norrix HS) was unable to play for the second straight match due to a back injury.
The Fighting Irish swept all three doubles matches, including two tight contests at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots. Notre Dame earned the shutout with victories at all six singles spots.
The Wolverines take a week off before returning to the hardcourt against Bowling Green at the Varsity Tennis Center (Thursday, March 22, 3 p.m.).
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 -- #88 Casey Smith (ND) d. Ben Cox, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 -- Luis Haddock-Morales (ND) d. Danny McCain, 6-4, 7-5
No. 3 -- Aaron Talarico (ND) d. Greg Novak, 7-6 (11-9), 6-2
No. 4 -- Brian Farrell (ND) d. Anthony Jackson, 6-2, 6-0
No. 5 -- Matt Daly (ND) d. Chris Shaya, 7-6 (10-8), 6-3
No. 6 -- Matthew Scott (ND) d. Brett Baudinet, 3-6, 6-0, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 -- #14 Taborga/Talarico (ND) d. Chris Rolf/Shaya, 8-4
No. 2 -- Haddock-Morales/Smith (ND) d. McCain/Novak, 9-7
No. 3 -- Daly/Farrell (ND) d. Cox/Jackson, 9-8 (8-6)
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