Michigan
Washington
Wolverines Complete Sweep of Pacific Northwest Trip
4/5/2026 7:15:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Site: Seattle, Wash. (Quillian Tennis Stadium)
Score: Michigan 4, Washington 2
Records: U-M (9-9, 5-5 Big Ten), UW (8-13, 2-7 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, April 11 -- vs. Michigan State (Varsity Tennis Center), 3:30 p.m.
SEATTLE, Wash. -- The University of Michigan men's tennis team posted a 4-2 win over Washington on Sunday (April 5) at Quillian Tennis Stadium to complete a weekend sweep for the Wolverines.
Arnav Bhandari clinched the win for Michigan (9-9, 5-5 Big Ten) at No. 6 singles. In the first set against Nikola Plavsic, the two went serve-for-serve at 5-5 before Plavsic broke Bhandari to take the set, 7-5. Bhandari responded by jumping out to a 5-2 lead in the second set before taking it, 6-4. The third set was all Maize and Blue, as Bhandari grabbed a 4-0 advantage and closed out a 6-2 victory.
The Huskies took an early 1-0 lead with the doubles point, winning at No. 1 and No. 3 after Bjorn Swenson and Alex Cairo earned a 6-1 win at No. 2.
Swenson made quick work of Stephane Kamendje at No. 2 singles to even the team score at 1-1. The No. 86-ranked Swenson broke Kamendje to take the first set, 6-4, and built a 5-0 edge in the second before closing it out, 6-2.
No. 10-ranked Max Dahlin continued his hot streak, earning his 13th consecutive singles win. Dahlin went up 5-1 in the first set against Soham Purohit before being pushed to a tiebreaker. Leading 5-1 in the tiebreak, Dahlin finished it off, 7-5 (5). In the second set, he again built a lead at 3-1 before Purohit closed the gap to 5-4, but Dahlin secured the win on his next service game.
Alex Cairo earned his first dual-match win, defeating Brett Pearson in three sets at No. 4 singles to push Michigan ahead, 3-1. Cairo dropped the first set, 6-3, before responding with a 6-3 second-set win. The third set went back and forth before Cairo won three straight games to take it, 6-3.
Washington cut the deficit to 3-2 with Hyeonseok Seo topping Pierce Shaya in three sets at No. 5.
At that point, Bhandari was leading 5-1 in the third set while Nicholas Steiglehner was tied at 3-3 with Rohan Belday at No. 3 singles before Bhandari closed out the team victory.
Michigan returns home next Saturday (April 11) for a doubleheader at the Varsity Tennis Center. The Wolverines will first face Michigan State at approximately 3:30 p.m., following the women's match, before returning at 8 p.m. to take on Toledo.
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 10 Max Dahlin (U-M) d. Soham Purohit (UW), 7-6 (5), 6-4
No. 2 -- No. 86Â Bjorn Swenson (U-M) d. Stephane Kamendje (UW), 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 -- Nicholas Steiglehner (U-M) vs. Rohan Belday (UW), 6-7 (4), 6-1, 4-3, unfinished
No. 4 -- Alex Cairo (U-M) d. Brett Pearson (UW), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 -- Hyeonseok Seo (UW) d. Pierce Shaya (U-M), 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 -- Arnav Bhandari (U-M) d. Nikola Plavsic (UW), 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- Soham Purohit/Brett Pearson (UW) d. Max Dahlin/Pierce Shaya (U-M), 6-3
No. 2 -- Bjorn Swenson/Alex Cairo (U-M) d. Nikola Plavsic/Hyeonseok Seo (UW), 6-1
No. 3 -- Rohan Belday/Stephane Kamendje (UW) d. Arnav Bhandari/Nicholas Steiglehner (U-M), 7-5
Order of Completion: Doubles 2-1-3; Singles 2-1-4-5-6
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