April 23, 2009
Three teams are set to advance to Friday’s quarterfinal round of the 2009 Big Ten Conference Men’s Tennis Tournament after winning opening round matches on Thursday at the Varsity Tennis Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Sixth seed Indiana, No. 7 seed Penn State and No. 8 seed Wisconsin survived day one of the conference tournament and will look to resume competition tomorrow.
Wisconsin rolled past No. 9 seed Iowa, 4-0, in the first match of the day, earning an opportunity to vie against top-seeded Ohio State on Friday at 10 a.m. (ET).
Indiana downed No. 11 seed Michigan State, 4-1, to advance to the tournament quarterfinals where they will face off against third seed Minnesota at 2 p.m. (ET).
In the final match of the day, Penn State defeated No. 10 seed Purdue, 4-0, nabbing the last open slot in Friday’s quarterfinals. The Nittany Lions prepare to meet second-seed Illinois in an afternoon match, slated for a 2 p.m. (ET) start.
Big Ten Tournament host Michigan earned a No. 4 seed and will look to face No. 5 seed Northwestern in Friday’s fourth match at 10 a.m. (ET). U-M and NU finished in a tie for fourth place in the final Big Ten standings, but the Wolverines own the tiebreaker thanks to their 4-3 victory over the Wildcats earlier in the season.
First Round Results:
No. 8 Wisconsin def. No. 9 Iowa, 4-0
Singles
No. 1 -- #31 Mortiz Baumann (WIS) vs. Christian Bierich (IOWA), 6-3, 5-5 (unfinished)
No. 2 -- #55 Marek Michalicka (WIS) vs. Reinoud Haal (IOWA), 6-4, 3-4 (unfinished)
No. 3 -- Patrick Pohlmann (WIS) d. Nikita Zotov (IOWA), 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 -- Peter Marrack (WIS) d. Will Vasos (IOWA), 6-3, 7-5
No. 5 -- Michael Dierberger (WIS) vs. Tommy McGeorge (IOWA), 6-7(5), 6-0 (unfinished)
No. 6 -- Luke Rassow-Kantor (WIS) d. Tom Mroziewicz (IOWA), 6-4, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 -- #22 Baumann/Michalicka (WIS) d. Bierich/Haal (IOWA), 9-8(4)
No. 2 -- McGeorge/Vasos (IOWA) d. Dierberger/Michael Muskievicz (WIS), 9-7
No. 3 -- Pohlmann/Rassow-Kantor (WIS) d. Gregory Holm/Mroziewicz (IOWA), 8-6
No. 6 Indiana def. No. 11 Michigan State, 4-1
Singles
No. 1 -- #103 Lachlan Ferguson (IU) d. Alex Forger (MSU), 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 -- Santiago Gruter (IU) vs. John Allare (MSU), 7-6(3), 0-6, 0-2 (unfinished)
No. 3 -- Jeremy Langer (IU) d. Scott Rasmussen (MSU), 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 -- Ronnie Hulewicz (MSU) d. Maxime Armengaud, 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 -- Will Kendall (IU) d. Austin Brooks (MSU), 6-4, 7-5
No. 6 -- Stephen Vogl (IU) vs. John Stratton (MSU), 7-6(3), 2-6, 0-1 (unfinished)
Doubles
No. 1 -- Gruter/Langer (IU) d. Allare/Jason Norville (MSU), 8-3
No. 2 -- Ferguson/Vogl (IU) d. Forger/Stratton (MSU), 8-0
No. 3 -- Peter Antons/Armengaud (IU) vs. Brooks/Brendan Kinkopf (MSU), 4-3 (unfinished)
No. 7 Penn State 4, No. 10 Purdue 0
Singles
No. 1 -- Brendan Lynch (PSU) d. Slavko Bijelica (PUR), 6-3, 6-0
No. 2 -- Adam Slagter (PSU) vs. Branko Kuzmanovic (PUR), 6-3, 5-7, 0-1 (unfinished)
No. 3 -- Jason Lee (PSU) d. Eric Ramos (PUR), 6-3, 7-5
No. 4 -- Eddie Bourchier (PSU) vs. P.J. Rose (PUR), 6-3, 4-6, 1-2 (unfinished)
No. 5 -- Guillaume St-Maurice (PSU) d. Roberto Cabrini (PUR), 6-1, 6-3
No. 6 -- Ryan Gormley (PSU) vs. Griff Nienberg (PUR), 6-7(1), 1-0 (unfinished)
Doubles
No. 1 -- #78 Lee/Slagter (PSU) d. Bijelica/Nienberg (PUR), 9-8(3)
No. 2 -- Kuzmanovic/Rose (PUR) d. Bourchier/Gormley (PSU), 9-7
No. 3 -- Lynch/St-Maurice (PSU) d. Ramos/Thomas Wilson (PUR), 8-5
Quarterfinal Matches / Friday, April 24
No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 8 Wisconsin at 10 a.m. ET
No. 4 Michigan vs. No 5 Northwestern at 10 a.m. ET
No. 3 Minnesota vs. No. 6 Indiana at 2 p.m. ET
Tournament Central
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