Michigan
Oregon
Wolverines Dominant in Victory at Oregon
4/3/2026 9:35:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Site: Eugene, Ore. (Student Tennis Center)
Score: Michigan 4, Oregon 1
Records: U-M (8-9, 4-5 B1G), Oregon (13-6, 4-4 B1G)
Next U-M Event: Sunday, April 5 -- at Washington (Seattle, Wash.), Noon PT
EUGENE, Ore. -- The University of Michigan men's tennis team began its trip to the Pacific Northwest with a 4-1 win over Oregon on Friday (April 3) at the Student Tennis Center.
The Wolverines won the doubles point with Max Dahlin and Piece Shaya deciding the point with a 6-4 win over the No. 40-ranked pair of Matthew Burton and Pierre Mouesca. It marks the duo's highest-ranked win of the season, as it improves to 7-2.
Bjorn Swenson and Alex Cairo cruised to a 6-1 win over Vlad Breazu and Declan Galligan at No. 2 doubles in the first match to finish.
Dahlin extended his win streak in singles to 12 straight matches. The No. 10-ranked Wolverine went on a five-game run to take the first set 6-2 over No. 108 Breazu and dominated in the second set 6-1. Dahlin is now 13-2 in dual play and 23-3 overall this year.
Nicholas Steiglehner pushed the Wolverines ahead 3-0 with a victory at No. 4 singles. The senior won his second consecutive singles match with 6-3, 6-2 wins over Sam Olszakowski.
Oregon (13-6, 4-4 Big Ten) got on the board with Matthew Burton winning at No. 3 singles against Mert Oral.
With Shaya and Arnav Bhandari both heading into third sets, Michigan (8-9, 4-5 Big Ten) looked to Swenson at No. 2 singles to clinch. He won his first set 7-5 against Mouesca and went serve for serve in the second, sitting at 5-5 before he held serve and then broke to clinch the set and the match, 7-5.
Michigan returns to the courts on Sunday (April 5) when it takes on Washington at noon PT inside the Lloyd Nordstrom Tennis Center in Seattle.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 – No. 10 Max Dahlin (U-M) d. No. 108 Vlad Breazu (Oregon), 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 – No. 73 Bjorn Swenson (U-M) d. Pierre Mouesca (Oregon), 7-5, 7-5
No. 3 – Matthew Burton (Oregon) d. Mert Oral (U-M), 6-2, 7-6 (10)
No. 4 – Nicholas Steiglehner (U-M) d. Sam Olszakowski (Oregon), 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 – Pierce Shaya (U-M) vs. Lachlan Robertson (Oregon), 7-5, 4-6, 3-0 abandoned
No. 6 – Arnav Bhandari (U-M) vs. Russell Soohoo (Oregon), 6-7 (3), 6-2, 1-0 abandoned
Doubles
No. 1 – Max Dahlin/Pierce Shaya (U-M) d. No. 40 Matthew Burton/Pierre Mouesca (Oregon), 6-4
No. 2 – Bjorn Swenson/Alex Cairo (U-M) d. Vlad Breazu/Declan Galligan (Oregon), 6-1
No. 3 – Cameron Burton/Lachlan Robertson (Oregon) d. Mert Oral/Nicholas Steiglehner (U-M), 6-2
Order of Completion: Doubles 2-3-1, Singles 1-4-3-2
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