MADISON, Wis.ย โย The Wisconsin men’s tennis team finished off a perfect weekend Sunday against the Yale Bulldogs at Nielsen Tennis Stadium. The Badgers (5-1) outlasted the Bulldogs (4-1) 4-2.ย
Doubles play started off slow with all three UWย doubles teams down 3-0 in their respective matches. Eachย team came firing back to give Wisconsin a shot at the doubles point.ย
The graduate student duo of Jared Pratt and Jason Hildebrandt were able to win a 7-5 toss-up victory over Yale’s Theo Dean and Aidan Reilly at No. 2 doubles but theย win was not enough to giveย the Badgers the doubles point, their first doubles loss of the season.
Down 1-0, Wisconsinย was not giving up without a fight, having fiveย of their six singlesย players winning the first set of their matches.ย
First to finish was Hildebrandt at No. 2 singles, swiftly taking his first set 6-3. With momentum behind his back, he led the charge and put the first Badger point on the board with a 6-1 win in the second set,ย giving him a perfect weekend in both singles and doubles.ย
All tied up 1-1, Sebastian Vile rallied his way to a quick two-set win over Michael Sun. After taking the first set 6-4, he held off his Yale opponent to claim victory with a 6-2 second set at No. 4 singles.ย
Robin Parts gave it his all at No. 6 singles and had a celebration to prove it. His 6-4, 6-3 win over Yale’s Walker Oberg put the Badgers one point away from victory and the whole crowd at Nielsen could hear his match-point cheers.ย
Lastly, Gabriel Huber came in clutch to clinch the match for UWย at No. 3 singles. After convincingly winning the first set 6-3, he dropped the second set by the same score,ย 6-3. All tied up at 5-5, extra games were on their way and Huber had to stay strong for the win. Up 40-30 in the game, Huber clinched the match in dramatic fashion with an ace and won the third set,ย 7-5.ย
Up Next: The Badgers make their way down south for a pair of SEC matches next weekend. They first visit Alabama on Feb. 10, followed by a trip to No. 23 Auburn on Feb. 12.
Wisconsin 4, Yale 2
Singles Results
1. Theo Dean (YU) def. Jared Pratt (WIS) 6-4, 6-3
2. Jason Hildebrandt (WIS) def. Vignesh Gogineni (YU) 6-3, 6-1
3. Gabriel Huber (WIS) def. Luke Neal (YU) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
4. Sebastian Vile (WIS) def. Michael Sun (YU) 6-4, 6-2
5. Michael Minasyan (WIS)…
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