Michigan
Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional Championships
Daniel Advances at ITA Regional Singles Qualifying
10/16/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Event: Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional Championship
Scoring: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Friday, Oct. 17 -- Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional Championship - Singles Qualifying and Main Draw Doubles (Columbus, Ohio)
Bracket
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Redshirt freshman Drew Daniel(Overland Park, Kan./Laurel Springs School) of the University of Michigan men's tennis team advanced in singles qualifying today (Thursday, Oct. 16) at the Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional Championship at the Varsity Tennis Center. Daniel needs a win tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 17) to advance to the main draw. Senior Mike DePietro(Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Lahser HS) also competed today, but dropped his first-round match.
Daniel advanced the furthest in the 64-player draw. He picked up an opening round 3-6, 7-6, 7-5 win over Western Michigan's Brad Noel and a 6-4, 6-2 win over DePaul's Ben Hartman. Daniel, the top seed in the qualifying draw, will take on Ra'ees Ismail from Xavier on Friday morning for a spot in the main draw.
DePietro dropped his first-round match to Western Illinois' Zach Frisch, 6-4, 6-3. The loss was the first of the season for DePietro, who went 2-0 at the Wolverine Invitational, Sept. 19-21.
Daniel will continue qualifying-singles action, while main-draw doubles action begins on Friday. The Wolverines will field four doubles teams in the 64-team main draw. Junior Mike Sroczynski(Chatham, N.J./Laurel Springs School) will pair with sophomore Jason Jung(Torrance, Calif./West Torrance HS), sophomore Chris Madden(Lotus, Calif./Ponderosa HS) with senior Andrew Mazlin(Altamonte Springs, Fla./Lyman HS), Daniel with junior George Navas(Tampa, Fla./Tampa Preparatory School) and senior Peter Aarts(Pound Ridge, N.Y./Fox Lane HS) will team with DePietro.
Aarts, Mazlin, Sroczynski, Navas, Jung and Madden will open action in the singles main draw on Saturday (Oct. 18).
Following are U-M's individual results:
Mike DePietro
First round -- l. Zach Frisch (Western Illinois), 6-4, 6-3
Finished with a 0-1 record
Drew Daniel
First Round -- d. Brad Noel (Western Michigan), 3-6, 7-6, 7-5
Second Round -- d. Ben Hartman (DePaul), 6-4, 6-2
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Coach Bruce Berque
On today... "Drew did a nice job today, fighting through a long, close first-round match in which his back was against the wall. Although he didn't play his best, he hung in there and found a way to get through. He played a much better second match, and showed a lot of progress. Hopefully, he will carry his momentum into tomorrow's match and earn himself a spot in the main draw."
Contact: Jessica Poole (734) 763-4423
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