Michigan
Minnesota
Michigan Sweeps Singles to Defeat Minnesota
2/21/2021 4:04:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Result: #15 Michigan 6, Minnesota 1
Records: U-M (2-1, 2-0 B1G), Minnesota (0-2, 0-2 B1G)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Feb. 27 -- at Indiana (Bloomington, Ind.), Noon
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 15-ranked University of Michigan men's tennis team swept all six singles matches to earn a 6-1 victory over Minnesota on Sunday (Feb. 21) at the Varsity Tennis Center.
Minnesota took the doubles point with an upset win at No. 1 as Minnesota's Vlad Loback and Siim Troost defetaed No. 2 Andrew Fenty and Mattias Siimar, 7-5, in a tiebreaker a 7-6 win. Neither duo led by more than one point in the match until Minnesota led, 4-2, in the tiebreaker. Fenty and Siimar won the next two points to make it 4-4 before Minnesota won the next two to take a 6-4 edge. Michigan held them off with a win in the next game before Loback and Troost took the match. It handed the U-N duo its first setback of the season and snapped a six-match win streak.
Connor Johnston and Kristofer Siimar cruised to a 6-1 win at No. 3 doubles over Sebastian Vile and Jackson Allen. They won the four points for their first victory and appearance as a pair this season.
Ondrej Styler and Nick Beaty fell behind, 4-0, at No. 2 doubles. They went on a three-point run to come within one to cut their deficit to 4-3, but the teams split the final two points with Daniel Martin and Bodon Zarkovic taking the match, 6-4.
Beaty evened the team score at 1 with Michigan's first singles win, taking No. 5 from Vile, 6-3, 6-4, to bring his win streak to seven. At No. 4, Mattias Siimar pushed the Wolverines ahead, 2-1, with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Lobak at No. 3 for Siimar's second win of the weekend.
Patrick Maloney won 6-3, 6-4 against Troost at No. 3 for his first singles victory of the season.
Styler clinched the match as the No. 28-ranked singles player won 6-4, 7-5 over Dylan Heap. With the win, Styler is 3-1 in dual play.
Jacob Bickersteth battled after a 6-2 setback in the first set to take down Martin, 6-3, in the second set. It was all Bickersteth in the third set, cruising to a 4-1 lead before splitting the next four points in 6-3 final.
No. 14-ranked Fenty cruised to a 6-2 win in the first set at No. 1 singles, before Jackson Allen responded with a 6-2 second set. In the third set, Fenty grabbed a 4-1 lead before they split two points apiece and Fenty earned a 6-3 win. Fenty has won his last four matches and improved to 3-0 in dual play.
Michigan will head to Indiana next weekend for matches against Indiana on Saturday (Feb. 27) at noon and Purdue on Sunday (Feb. 28) at noon.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 14 Andrew Fenty (U-M) vs. Jackson Allen (MINN), 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
No. 2 -- No. 28 Ondrej Styler (U-M) d. vs. Dylan Heap (MINN), 6-4, 7-5
No. 3 -- Patrick Maloney (U-M) d. vs. Siim Troost (MINN), 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 -- Mattias Siimar (U-M) d. vs. Vlad Lobak (MINN), 6-1, 6-4
No. 5 -- Nick Beaty (U-M) d. vs. Sebastian Vile (MINN), 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 -- Jacob Bickersteth (U-M) d. vs. Daniel Martin (MINN), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 -- Vlad Lobak/Siim Troost (MINN) d. No. 2 Andrew Fenty/Mattias Siimar (U-M), 7-6 (5)
No. 2 -- Daniel Martin/Bodin Zarkovic (MINN) d. Nick Beaty/Ondrej Styler (U-M), 6-4
No. 3 -- Kristofer Siimar/Connor Johnston (U-M) d. Sebastian Vile/Jackson Allen (MINN), 6-1
Order of Completion: Doubles 3-2-1, Singles 5-4-3-2-6-1
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