Michigan
Columbia
Michigan Keeps Rolling with Win Over No. 9 Columbia
2/9/2020 8:01:00 PM | Men's Tennis
» Andrew Fenty clinched the match for the Wolverines with a three-set victory in the last match on court.
» In doubles, Fenty and Mattias Siimar defeated their highest-ranked opponent of the season.
» Michigan has won eight consecutive matches and has two wins over top-10 teams.
» The Wolverines will next compete at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship next weekend.
Site: West Harrison, N.Y. (Life Time Athletic Club)
Result: #13 Michigan 4, #9 Columbia 3
Records: U-M (8-1), Columbia (3-1)
Next U-M Event: Fri-Mon., Feb. 14-17 -- at ITA National Team Indoor Championship (Madison, Wis.)
WEST HARRISON, N.Y. -- With the team match tied at 3-3, No. 48-ranked Andrew Fenty earned a three-set victory to lift the No. 13 University of Michigan men's tennis team to a 4-3 victory over No. 9 Columbia on Sunday (Feb. 9) at Life Time Athletic Club.
The win is the eighth straight for the Wolverines, who handed the Lions their first loss of the season, and the second over a ranked opponent this spring.
Fenty took the first set, 7-5, over No. 20 Jack Lin at No. 1 singles, and Lin answered with a 6-4 win in the second set. With the match tied at 3-3, so, too, was Fenty and Lin's third set. Fenty crushed the next three games for the 6-3 win over Lin and victory for the Wolverines.
In doubles, No. 42-ranked Ondrej Styler and Connor Johnston made quick work at No. 2, dispatching the Lions' duo of Austen Huang and Alex Kotzen, 6-3. Styler and Johnston are now 8-1 at No. 2 doubles this season.
In a highly anticipated No. 1 doubles matchup pitting the No. 4-ranked team of Fenty and Mattias Siimar against Columbia's No. 5-ranked duo of Jack Lin and Jackie Tang, the Wolverines came out on top, 7-5. The win keept Fenty and Siimar unbeaten this spring (8-0) and on a 12-match win streak dating back to the fall season. It marks the highest-ranked opponent they have defeated this season; the pair has also won against the No. 8-, No. 29- and No. 32-ranked teams.
The win by Fenty and Siimar secured the doubles point to give U-M a 1-0 advantage.
Austen Huang evened the match with a two-set win over No. 96 Patrick Maloney at No. 6 singles, but No. 43 Styler quickly put Michigan back on top with a 6-4, 6-4 win over No. 109 Tang at No. 2.
Johnston pushed the Wolverines ahead, 3-1, winning 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 at No. 4, and Michigan needed one of the three remaining singles matches to secure the win.
The Lions upended Siimar and Nick Beaty at No. 3 and 5 singles, respectively -- the first losses of the dual season for both Wolverines -- to even the match at 3-3.
Michigan next will compete at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship, Friday through Monday (Feb. 14-17) in Madison, Wisconsin. The draw will be held on Tuesday (Feb. 11).
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 48 Andrew Fenty (U-M) d. No. 20 Jack Lin (Columbia) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
No. 2 -- No. 43 Ondrej Styler (U-M) d. No. 109 Jackie Tang (Columbia), 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 -- Rian Pandole (Columbia) d. Mattias Siimar (U-M) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
No. 4 -- Connor Johnston (U-M) d. Adam Ambrozy (Columbia) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
No. 5 -- No. 99 Alex Kotzen (Columbia) d. Nick Beaty (U-M) 7-6, 4-6, 7-6
No. 6 -- Austen Huang (Columbia) d. No. 96 Patrick Maloney (U-M) 6-3, 7-5
Doubles
No. 1 -- No. 4 Mattias Siimar/Andrew Fenty (U-M) d. No. 5 Jack Lin/Jackie Tang (Columbia), 7-5
No. 2 -- No. 42 Connor Johnston/Ondrej Styler (U-M) d. Austen Huang/Alex Kotzen (Columbia), 6-3
No. 3 -- Nick Beaty/Patrick Maloney (U-M) vs. Adam Ambrozy/Jason Liu (Columbia) 5-6, unfinished
Order of Completion: Doubles 2-1, Singles 6-2-4-3-5-1
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