Michigan
Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional Championships
Two U-M Doubles Pairs, Daniel Advance at ITA Regional
10/17/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Site: Columbus, Ohio (Varsity Tennis Center)
Event: Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional Championship
Scoring: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Oct. 18 -- Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional Championship - Main Draw Singles and 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 won his final qualifying match today (Friday, Oct. 17) to advance to the singles main draw at the Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional Championship at the Varsity Tennis Center. Sophomore Jason Jung(Torrance, Calif./West Torrance HS) and junior Mike Sroczynski(Chatham, N.J./Laurel Springs School) and teammates senior Andrew Mazlin(Altamonte Springs, Fla./Lyman HS) and sophomore Chris Madden(Lotus, Calif./Ponderosa HS) all reached third-round doubles.
In his final qualifying match, Daniel picked up Michigan's first win of the day with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Xavier's Ra'ees Ismail. After dropping the first set, Daniel settled into a rhythm and won the next two sets to become one of eight qualifiers to reach the main-draw singles competition.
In doubles action, the top-seeded duo of Jung and Sroczynski lived up to their No. 18 preseason Intercollegiate Tennis Association ranking and picked up two wins on the first day of doubles action. The pair defeated Indiana's Lachlan Ferguson and Santiago Gruter, 8-2, and reached thethird roundwith an 8-3 win over Butler's Chris Herron and Bryce Warren.
Also picking up two doubles wins was the pair of Madden and Mazlin. The Wolverine duo opened with an 8-4 win over Michigan State's Alex Forger and John Allare, and reached thethird roundwith a tight 9-8 win over Marquette's team of Dusan Medan and Stephan Shao.
Senior Peter Aarts(Pound Ridge, N.Y./Fox Ridge HS) and senior Mike DePietro (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Lahser HS) also competed in doubles action, falling 9-7 to Austen Childs and Simon Childs from Louisville. Junior George Navas(Tampa, Fla./Tampa Preparatory School) and Daniel also dropped their first-round match, falling 8-6 to Western Michigan's Zeyad Montasseri and Michael Calderone.
Regional action continues on Saturday (Oct. 18) with main-draw singles and the doubles third-round action. Singles gets underway at 8 a.m. and doubles action will begin at approximately 4:30 p.m. at the Varsity Tennis Center in Columbus, Ohio.
Following are U-M's individual and doubles results:
Drew Daniel
Third round -- d. Ra'ees Ismail (Xavier), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Advances to main draw
Chris Madden/Andrew Mazlin
First Round -- d. Forger/Allare (Michigan State), 8-4
Second Round -- d. Medan/Shao (Marquette), 9-8
Jason Jung/Mike Sroczynski
First round -- d. Ferguson/Gruter (Indiana), 8-2
Second Round -- d. Warren/Herron (Butler), 8-3
Peter Aarts/Mike DePietro
First Round -- l. Childs/Childs (Louisville), 9-7
Finished with a 0-1 record
George Navas/Drew Daniel
First Round -- l. Montasseri/Calderone (Western Michigan), 8-6
Finished with a 0-1 record
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Coach Bruce Berque
On today... "Today was overall a good day for us. Drew once again had a hard fought win. He was down 6-4, 3-0, but turned the match around by raising his level and becoming more aggressive. Jason and Mike were fantastic. Their play over the last few weeks has been very encouraging. Chris and Andrew also did a good job to pick up two wins. Our guys are looking forward to a lot of tough matches, and therefore good opportunities in singles tomorrow."
Contact: Jessica Poole (734) 763-4423
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