Michigan
Penn State
Michigan Cruises Past Penn State in Big Ten Opener
2/29/2020 3:12:00 PM | Men's Tennis
» Michigan defeated Penn State, 5-0, including the doubles point and four singles matches in straight sets.
» The Wolverines' No.2-ranked doubles team of Andrew Fenty and Mattias Siimar, remained dominant in a 6-2 victory.
» The Wolverines improved to 12-3 overall with two more matches remaining Sunday.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Result: #5 Michigan 5, Penn State 0
Records: U-M (12-3, 1-0 B1G), PSU (7-4, 0-1 B1G)
Next U-M Event: Sunday, March 1 -- vs. Brown (Varsity Tennis Center) 11 a.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan men's tennis team cruised to victory in its first home match in nearly a month with a 5-0 win over Penn State on Saturday (Feb. 29) in its Big Ten opener at the Varsity Tennis Center.
Michigan (12-3, 1-0 B1G) jumped out to a 1-0 lead following strong play across the board in doubles. U-M's No. 2-ranked doubles team of Andrew Fenty and Mattias Siimar broke Penn State (7-4, 0-1 B1G) early to gain a lead and never looked back in a 6-2 win.
Seconds later, the No. 3 doubles team of Harrison Brown and Nick Beaty captured the doubles point, also with a 6-2 score. Michigan gained control when it broke Penn State to go up, 3-1. At No. 2 doubles, Ondrej Styler and Connor Johnston had just earned the first break of the match to go up, 4-2, when their play was abandoned as Michigan took the early lead.
Many of the singles matches featured the Wolverines jumping out to large and quick leads. At No. 4 singles, No. 87-ranked Johnston jumped out to a 5-0 lead and then was able to complete a perfect 6-0 set on a deuce point. He dropped only one game overall and quickly earned the first singles victory of the afternoon, 6-0, 6-1.
No. 112-ranked Siimar >went down, 2-1, in the first set, but after tying the score in the next game, he never looked back. He won the first set, 6-2, on five consecutive games then won the second set, 6-4, on a deuce point.
A few minutes later, there were two simultaneous match points at Nos. 5 and 6 featuring Beaty and Patrick Maloney. Both Wolverines captured wins to launch the Maize and Blue to a 5-0 team victory.
The Wolverines will be back in action Sunday morning (March 1) in a doubleheader at the Varsity Tennis Center. Michigan first will host Brown at 11 a.m. followed by a 4 p.m. match against Boston University.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 32 Ondrej Styler (U-M) vs. Christian Lakoseljac (PSU), 6-3, 5-6 unfinished
No. 2 -- No. 17 Andrew Fenty (U-M) vs. Charl Morgan (PSU), 6-7 (5), 2-2 unfinished
No. 3 -- No. 112 Mattias Siimar (U-M) d. Christos Antonopoulos (PSU), 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 -- No. 87 Connor Johnston (U-M) d. Ismail Saadi (PSU), 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 -- Nick Beaty (U-M) d. Alp Sentay (PSU), 6-3, 6-3
No. 6 -- Patrick Maloney (U-M) d. Chikaya Sato (PSU), 6-4, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 -- No. 2 Mattias Siimar/Andrew Fenty (U-M) d. No. 46 Christian Lakoseljac/Christos Antonopoulos (PSU), 6-2
No. 2 -- Connor Johnston/Ondrej Styler (U-M) vs. Gabriel Nemeth/Alp Sentay (PSU), 4-2 unfinished
No. 3 -- Harrison Brown/Nick Beaty (U-M) d. Noah Sutter/Charl Morgan (PSU), 6-2
Order of Completion: Doubles 1-3, Singles 4-3-6-5
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