Michigan
Purdue
Michigan Closes Regular Season with Loss at Purdue
4/21/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The University of Michigan men's tennis team was unable to complete the regular season on a winning note, losing 5-2 against Purdue Sunday afternoon (April 21) at the Varsity Tennis Courts. The Wolverines (14-7, 5-5 Big Ten) lost the doubles point and managed only two singles victories in the loss to the Boilermakers (10-10, 6-4 Big Ten).
Michigan was unable to win a doubles match for the first time this season as Purdue swept all three doubles matches in impressive fashion. The Boilermakers won 8-3 matches at No. 2 and No. 3 and 8-5 at the top spot.
In singles action, Purdue put the match away with straight-set victories at three spots. Derek Miller gained the Boilermakers' final point of the match in the afternoon's only three-set match, winning a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 contest against senior Ben Cox (Spring Lake, Mich./Spring Lake HS) at No. 2. Wolverine senior Henry Beam (Kalamazoo, Mich./Loy Norrix HS) ended a four-match losing streak with an impressive 7-6, 6-2 victory against Scott Mayer at No. 1 to give U-M its first point of the match. Fellow senior Greg Novak (Stoney Creek, Ontario/Cardinal Newman HS) collected U-M's only other win with a 6-4, 6-3 victory against Laith Al-Agba at No. 5.
The Wolverines await seeds for the upcoming Big Ten Championship hosted by Ohio State University. The team tournament will be played April 25-28 at the Stickney Tennis Center in Columbus, Ohio.
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 -- #61 Henry Beam (U-M) d. Scott Mayer, 7-6, 6-2
No. 2 -- Derek Miller (PU) d. Ben Cox, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
No. 3 -- Carl McCafferty (PU) d. Matt Lockin, 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 -- Andrew Wakefield (PU) d. Anthony Jackson, 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 -- Greg Novak (U-M) d. Laith Al-Agba, 6-4, 6-3
No. 6 -- Troy Havens (PU) d. Josef Fischer, 6-4, 7-6
Doubles
No. 1 -- Mayer/Dan Swan (PU) d. Chris Shaya/Brett Baudinet, 8-5
No. 2 -- Al-Agba/McCafferty (PU) d. Beam/Lockin, 8-3
No. 3 -- Miller/Seth McKinley (PU) d. Jackson/Novak, 8-3
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