Michigan
Minnesota
Michigan Regains Little Brown Jug
4/8/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 8, 2016
» The Wolverines are now 13-0 when winning the doubles point after prevailing at No. 2 and No. 3 for the match's first point.
» U-M won three of the first four singles matches off court, getting victories from Alex Knight at No. 2, Carter Lin at No. 3 and Maks Tekavec at No. 6.
Site: Minneapolis, Minn. (Baseline Tennis Center)
Score: #21 Michigan 4, Minnesota 1
Records: U-M (16-4, 5-1 Big Ten), MINN (6-14, 0-6 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Sunday, April 10 -- at Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.), Noon CDT
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- The No. 21-ranked University of Michigan men's tennis team won the doubles point and got singles wins at the Nos. 2, 3 and 6 position to regain the Little Brown Jug in a 4-1 road win over Minnesota on Friday evening (April 8) at the Baseline Tennis Center.
U-M used hot starts at courts No. 2 and No. 3 to take the doubles point. At No. 3, freshmen Lubomir Cuba and Myles Schalet broke early en route to a 6-1 victory.
Needing just one more win for the match's first point, juniors Jathan Malik and Tyler Gardiner grabbed a 6-3 decision at No. 2 just a few minutes later.
Minnesota tied the match at 1-1 with a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 1.
The Gophers' lead did not last long as sophomore Carter Lin took advantage of a late break in the second set for a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 3 to nudge Michigan back in front, 2-1.
With first sets in hand, sophomore Runhao Hua and junior/sophomore Alex Knight each raced out to 3-0 leads in their respective second sets.
Knight was the second Wolverine to leave court with a win, taking a 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 2 for U-M's third point on the evening.
It was freshman Maks Tekavec who clinched the match for the Maize and Blue, breaking late in each set for a 6-4, 6-3 victory at No. 6.
U-M concludes weekend action on Sunday (April 10), traveling to Wisconsin to take on the Badgers at noon CDT.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- Matic Spec (Minnesota) d. No. 85 Jathan Malik (U-M), 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 -- No. 107 Alex Knight (U-M) d. Ruben Weber (Minnesota), 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 -- Carter Lin (U-M) d. Marino Alpeza (Minnesota), 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 -- Runhao Hua (U-M) vs. Felix Corwin (Minnesota), 7-5, 5-4 abandoned
No. 5 -- Davis Crocker (U-M) vs. Jeremy Lynn (Minnesota), 5-7, 4-4 abandoned
No. 6 -- Maks Tekavec (U-M) d. Josip Krstanovic (Minnesota), 6-4, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 -- No. 39 Alex Knight/Runhao Hua (U-M) vs. Matic Spec/Felix Corwin (Minnesota), 3-5 abandoned
No. 2 -- Jathan Malik/Tyler Gardiner (U-M) d. Marino Alpeza/Ruben Weber (Minnesota), 6-3
No. 3 -- Myles Schalet/Lubomir Cuba (U-M) d. Jeremy Lynn/Josip Krstanovic (Minnesota), 6-1
Order of Completion: 3-2, Singles 1-3-2-6
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