Michigan
Drake
Michigan Blanks Drake for 19th Consecutive Home Win
3/10/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 10, 2017
» Michigan has won 19 straight matches at the Varsity Tennis Center, dating back to the 2014-15 season. U-M is now 4-0 at the VTC this season.
» Michigan won the doubles point and got three singles wins in a five-minute span from Runhao Hua, Kevin Wong and Jathan Malik to win the match.
» The teams abandoned the remaining three matches on court following U-M's fourth point.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Score: #10 Michigan 4, Drake 0
Records: U-M (8-3), Drake (7-7)
Next U-M Event: Sunday, March 12 -- vs. Boise State (Varsity Tennis Center), 11 a.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 10-ranked University of Michigan won three singles matches in a five-minute span to put away a 4-0 shutout of Drake on Friday evening (March 10) at the Varsity Tennis Center.
U-M took the early lead by virtue of the doubles point, taking early breaks on all three courts. U-M's No. 1 duo of seniors Kevin Wong and Jathan Malik came away with the first win, taking a 6-2 victory on a Drake double fault.
It was a double fault on the final point at No. 3 as well, with junior Carter Lin and sophomore Gabe Tishman breaking in the last game in a 6-3 win to wrap up the first point.
U-M took all six first sets in singles action, including tiebreak wins from Malik, sophomore Myles Schalet and junior Davis Crocker.
Junior Runhao Hua fought off a set point trailing at 5-4 in the second set and responded with three straight games to put U-M's second point on the board with a 6-2, 7-5 win at No. 4.
Over on courts No. 1 and No. 3, Malik and Wong held concurrent match points. Wong was first to finish, taking a 7-1 victory in a second-set tiebreaker. Wong broke to go up 6-5 in the second and went back to serve before being broken to go to the tiebreaker. It was all Wong in the breaker as the Wolverine senior jumped out to a 6-0 lead.
Malik came through moments later with a 7-6 (5), 6-3 win on the court next door. Malik was down a break at 3-2 but ripped off four straight games to seal the U-M win.
The remaining three matches on court were abandoned.
Michigan will continue weekend action Sunday (March 12), hosting Boise State at 11 a.m. and Dayton at 4 p.m. at the Varsity Tennis Center.
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 -- Jathan Malik (U-M) d. No. 48 Vinny Gillespie, 7-6 (5), 6-3
No. 2 -- No. 58 Myles Schalet (U-M) vs. Ben Stride (Drake), 7-6 (6), 4-5 abandoned
No. 3 -- No. 104 Kevin Wong (U-M) d. Calum MacGeoch (Drake), 6-3, 7-6 (1)
No. 4 -- Runhao Hua (U-M) d. Tom Hands (Drake), 6-3, 7-5
No. 5 -- Carter Lin (U-M) vs. Barny Thorold (Drake), 6-4, 6-6 abandoned
No. 6 -- Davis Crocker (U-M) vs. Bayo Philips (Drake), 7-6 (6), 3-3 abandoned
Doubles
No. 1 -- No. 8 Kevin Wong/Jathan Malik (U-M) d. Bayo Philips/Ben Wood (Drake), 6-2
No. 2 -- Myles Schalet/Runhao Hua (U-M) vs. Vinny Gillespie/Tom Hands (Drake), 5-5 abandoned
No. 3 -- Gabe Tishman/Carter Lin (U-M) d. Ben Stride/Calum MacGeoch (Drake), 6-3
Order of Completion: Doubles 1-3, Singles 4-3-1
Communications Contact: TJ Garske
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