Michigan Blanks Indiana to Start Road Trip

Michigan Blanks Indiana to Start Road Trip

Michigan Blanks Indiana to Start Road Trip

Site: Bloomington, Ind. (IU Tennis Center)

Score: #6 Michigan 4, Indiana 0

Records: U-M (19-3, 5-1 B1G), Indiana (12-11, 1-5 B1G)

Next U-M Event: Sunday, April 6 — at Purdue (West Lafayette, Ind.), Noon

BLOOOMINGTON, Ind. — The No. 6-ranked University of Michigan men’s tennis team earned its 10th straight win over Indiana University after a 4-0 decision on Saturday (April 15) at the IU Tennis Center.

Andrew Fenty, Jacob Bickersteth and Nino Ehrenschneider captured singles victories after the Wolverines took the doubles point.

For No. 11-ranked Fenty, it was his eighth consecutive win as he improves to 15-3 in dual singles play this season. He earned 6-2, 6-1 wins over Luka Vukovic at No. 2.

Bickersteth and Ehrenschneider finished moments apart at No. 6 and No. 5. Bickersteth posted matching 6-2 sets over Mac Rogers and is now 11-4 in dual singles. Ehrenschneider took down Ekansh Kumar 6-2, 6-3 to improve to 3-0 this season when playing at No. 5.

No. 6 Ondrej Styler was moments away from winning at No. 1 before the team match was secured. No. 58 Gavin Young was two games away from a win at No. 4 and No. 32-ranked Patrick Maloney was up 1-0 in the second set after a 7-6 (5) tiebreaker loss in the first set.

Fenty and Young made quick work of Patrick Fletchall and Ilya Tiraspolsky at No. 1 doubles with a 6-1 win. They took a 3-0 lead before losing just a single game and closing out with three straight games.

Styler and Bickersteth earned their first Big Ten win as a duo this season with a 6-3 victory over Vukovic and Kumar to clinch the doubles point, leaving Ehrenschneider and Maloney unfinished at No. 2 with a 5-4 edge.

The Wolverines will travel to West Lafayette, Ind., to take on Purdue on Sunday (April 16) at noon.

Following are match-by-match results

Singles

No. 1 – No. 6 Ondrej Styler (U-M) vs. Patrick Fletchall (IU), 6-4, 5-4 abandoned

No. 2 – No. 11 Andrew Fenty (U-M) d. Luka Vukovic (IU), 6-2, 6-1

No. 3 – No. 32 Patrick Maloney (U-M) vs. Ilya Tiraspolsky (IU) 6-7 (5), 1-0 abandoned

No. 4 – No. 58 Gavin Young (U-M) vs. Jagger Saylor (IU), 6-2, 5-3 abandoned

No. 5 – Nino Ehrenschneider (U-M) d. Ekansh…