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Wolverines Blow by Broncos in Dual-Match Opener
1/24/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Score: #16 Michigan 6, Western Michigan 1
Records: U-M (1-0), WMU (3-1)
Next U-M Match: Saturday, Jan. 24 -- vs. Ball State (Varsity Tennis Center), 6 p.m.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 16-ranked University of Michigan men's tennis team opened the 2009 dual-match season with a commanding 6-1 victory over Western Michigan on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 24) at the Varsity Tennis Center. The Wolverines (1-0) came out on top in a competitive doubles competition and followed with wins on all but one of six singles courts. U-M owns a 51-8 advantage in the all-time series with the Broncos (3-1) and has won six straight meetings between the two programs.
Sophomore Chris Madden (Lotus, Calif./Ponderosa HS) and sophomore/freshman Drew Daniel (Overland Park, Kan./Laurel Springs School) got off to a fast start in their career doubles debut, claiming six of the first seven games en route to an 8-3 victory over Kazuya Komada and Pablo Olivarez at No. 3. Western Michigan's Casey Cullen and Kevin Hayward evened up the doubles competition less than a minute later, earning an 8-3 win over senior Andrew Mazlin (Altamonte Springs, Fla./Lyman HS) and junior George Navas (Tampa, Fla./Tampa Preparatory School) at No. 2.
In the marquee matchup at No. 1 doubles, Michigan's No. 8-ranked tandem of junior Mike Sroczynski (Chatham, N.J./Laurel Springs School) and sophomore Jason Jung (Torrance, Calif./West Torrance HS) pulled out a 9-7 victory over the No. 33-ranked Bronco duo of Michael Calderone and Zeyad Montasser. Sroczynski and Jung have won 12 of their 18 matches together in 2008-09.
Jung carried the momentum into singles play and provided the Wolverines with a 2-0 advantage with a convincing 6-3, 6-0 triumph over Hayward at No. 1. It was Jung's third career win at the top spot. Madden got out in front of Brad Noel early in the No. 5 match and went on to secure a 6-0, 7-5 victory, bringing U-M within one point of the team win.
Western Michigan stayed alive with a victory at No. 2, but senior Peter Aarts (Pound Ridge, N.Y./Fox Lane HS) put the match away with a 7-6(3), 6-4 decision over Montasser at No. 4. Mazlin kept things rolling with a 6-4, 6-3 triumph over Komada at No. 3, and Daniel battled back to earn a gutsy 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over Cullen in the first dual singles match of his career.
The Wolverines return to the Varsity Tennis Center tonight to take on Ball State at 6 p.m.
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 -- Jason Jung (U-M) d. Kevin Hayward, 6-3, 6-0
No. 2 -- Michael Calderone (WMU) d. Mike Sroczynski, 6-4, 7-6(3)
No. 3 -- Andrew Mazlin (U-M) d. Kazuya Komada, 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 -- Peter Aarts (U-M) d. Zeyad Montasser, 7-6(3), 6-4
No. 5 -- Chris Madden (U-M) d. Brad Noel, 6-0, 7-5
No. 6 -- Drew Daniel (U-M) d. Casey Cullen, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
Doubles
No. 1 -- #8 Jung/Sroczynski (U-M) d. Calderone/Montasser, 9-7
No. 2 -- Cullen/Hayward (WMU) d. Mazlin/George Navas, 8-3
No. 3 -- Daniel/Madden (U-M) d. Komada/Pablo Olivarez, 8-3
Order of Completion: Doubles 3-2-1, Singles 1-5-2-4-3-6
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