Michigan
Cleveland State
Wolverines Cruise Past Vikings for Sixth Straight Win
2/24/2019 7:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis
» Andrew Fenty earned his team-leading 12th win of the season.
» Michigan earned the doubles point and four wins in singles play.
» Gabe Tishman claimed his ninth win of the season and third in a row.
Site: Cleveland, Ohio (Medical Mutual Tennis Pavilion)
Score: #18 Michigan 5, Cleveland State 2
Records: U-M (7-2), CSU (7-5)
Next U-M Event: Wednesday, Feb. 27 -- at Michigan State (East Lansing, Mich.), 6 p.m.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The No. 18-ranked University of Michigan men's tennis team earned the doubles point and four wins in singles play en route to a 5-2 win over Cleveland State on Sunday afternoon (Feb. 23). The victory is U-M's sixth straight as the Wolverines head into conference play starting Wednesday (Feb. 27) at Michigan State.
After dropping No. 2 doubles, the Maize and Blue rallied with a convincing 6-3 decision at No. 3 by the duo of freshman Ryan Fu and senior Gabe Tishman, who were playing together for the first time this season.
The doubles point was decided in a tiebreaker. U-M's combination of sophomore Harrison Brown and freshman Andrew Fenty won by a score of 7-6 (6), which gave the Wolverines the doubles point to start off the non-conference matchup.
Michigan continued its winning ways in singles, clinching all but one of the first sets. Its four singles victories came by way of straight-sets wins.
Fenty earned his team-leading 12th win and team-best-tying fifth consecutive victory with a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 2. At No. 5, sophomore Kristofer Siimar claimed his second win of the dual season, 6-3, 6-2, and junior Connor Johnston clinched the match for U-M with a 6-2, 6-4 triumph at No. 3.
Tishman claimed the Wolverines' fifth point at No. 4 with a 6-3, 7-5 win before the Vikings took matches at No. 1 and No. 6 to earn the final two points.
Michigan will next be in action on Wednesday (Feb. 27) at 6 p.m., when it kicks off Big Ten action at Michigan State.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- Nico Mostardi (CSU) d. Myles Schalet (U-M), 6-7 (4), 6-3, 1-0 (8)
No. 2 -- Andrew Fenty (U-M) d. Matthew Terry (CSU), 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 -- Connor Johnston (U-M) d. Luke Phillips (CSU), 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 -- Gabe Tishman (U-M) d. Benjamin Slade (CSU), 6-3, 7-5
No. 5 -- Kristofer Siimar (U-M) d. Raul Teichmann (CSU), 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 -- Clark Bilinovich (CSU) d. Steven Forman (U-M), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 -- Harrison Brown/Andrew Fenty (U-M) d. Nico Mostardi/Benjamin Slade (CSU), 7-6 (6)
No. 2 -- Luke Phillips/William Malm (CSU) d. Myles Schalet/Connor Johnston (U-M), 6-3
No. 3 -- Ryan Fu/Gabe Tishman (U-M) d. Raul Teichmann/Matthew Terry (CSU), 6-3
Order of Completion: Doubles 2-3-1, Singles 2-5-3-4-1-6
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