Michigan
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Fenty Wins 11th Straight to Clinch U-M's Match Against Purdue
3/30/2019 6:06:00 PM | Men's Tennis
» Andrew Fenty earned his team-leading 19th win and 11th in a row for U-M's final point.
» Patrick Maloney claimed his 10th win of the season and joins Fenty as freshmen to join the 10/10 club (10 singles and 10 doubles wins).
» U-M will conclude the Big Ten Indiana swing Sunday at Indiana at Noon.
Site: West Lafayette, Ind. (Schwartz Tennis Center)
Result: #21 Michigan 4, Purdue 3
Records: U-M (11-5, 2-2 B1G), Purdue (6-9, 0-4 B1G)
Next U-M Event: Sunday, March 31 -- at Indiana (Bloomington, Ind.), noon
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The No. 21-ranked University of Michigan men's tennis team secured the doubles point and three singles wins en route to a 4-3 victory over Purdue on Saturday afternoon (March 30). Freshman Andrew Fenty clinched the match for the Wolverines after winning the third set of his match at No. 3, 6-1.
U-M earned the first point of the afternoon after winning No. 1 and No. 3 doubles. The duo of sophomore Kristofer Siimar and freshman Patrick Maloney breezed to a 6-2 win at the third court, before the combination of sophomores Harrison Brown and Mattias Siimar clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 win at No. 1.
The Wolverines jumped out to a 3-0 lead with two straight-sets wins in singles at No. 4 and 6. Maloney earned his 10th win of the season after a 6-0, 6-3 victory at No. 4, while junior Nick Beaty picked up a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 6 in his first dual match of the season.
The Boilermakers fought their way back, earning consecutive wins at Nos. 2, 5 and 1 to even the score at three apiece.
Fenty, who would move to 19-4 with the win and 11th straight, clinched the match for the Maize and Blue at No. 3. After winning the first set, 6-4, Fenty would battle back from a second-set loss with a convincing third-set win, 6-1.
Michigan will conclude the Indiana swing of its schedule Sunday (March 31) when the Wolverines will take on Indiana in Bloomington. First serve is scheduled for noon.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- Mateo Julio (PUR) def. No. 46 Mattias Siimar (U-M), 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 -- Athell Bennett (PUR) def. Myles Schalet (U-M), 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
No. 3 -- Andrew Fenty (U-M) def. Stephan Koenigsfest (PUR), 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
No. 4 -- Patrick Maloney (U-M) def. Maksymilian Raupuk (PUR), 6-0, 6-3
No. 5 -- Dominik Sochurek (PUR) def. Gabe Tishman (U-M) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
No. 6 -- Nick Beaty (U-M) def. Santiago Galan (PUR), 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 -- Harrison Brown/Mattias Siimar (U-M) def. Mateo Julio/Dominik Sochurek (PUR), 6-3
No. 2 -- Andrew Fenty/Myles Schalet (U-M) vs. Stephan Koenigsfest/Athell Bennett (PUR), 4-4 unfinished
No. 3 -- Kristofer Siimar/Patrick Maloney (U-M) def. Franz Luna/Maksymilian Raupuk (PUR), 6-2
Order of Completion: Doubles 3-1 Singles 4-6-2-5-1-3
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