Spartans Drop Regular Season Finale, 2-5 at No. 37 Michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – MSU Men’s Tennis dropped the regular season finale on the road at No. 37 Michigan, 5-2 on Saturday afternoon.
 
The Spartans two points came at the top two courts in singles, by way of sophomore Ozan Baris and redshirt-freshman Aristotelis Thanos. The 12^th-ranked Baris came back to beat No. 18 Gavin Young, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, securing his tied team-best 14^th win of the season and a perfect 6-0 record in Big Ten play.
 
After dropping the doubles point, Thanos evened the score for the Spartans with a dominant 6-4, 6-3 straight-set victory in the two slot. The Athens, Greece native’s season record improves to 12-2.
 
Next weekend, the Spartans will head to the Big Ten Tournament in Chicago, Ill. as the No. 3 seed with their opponent to be determined following the matches around the conference on Sunday. MSU will face off with the No. 6 seed on Friday, April 26 on Northwestern’s campus at 5 p.m. ET.
 
Results
No. 18 Michigan State 2, No. 37 Michigan 5
Doubles
1. #25 Gavin Young/Jacob Bickersteth (MICH) def. #11 Ozan Baris/Max Sheldon (MSU) 7-5
2. Will Cooksey/Patron Hanchaikul (MICH) def. Taym Alazmeh/Sebastien Collard (MSU) 6-4
3. Mert Oral/Bjorn Swenson (MICH) vs. Graydon Lair/Aristotelis Thanos (MSU) 4-5, unfinished
Singles
1. #12 Ozan Baris (MSU) def. #18 Gavin Young (MICH) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
2. Aristotelis Thanos (MSU) def. Jacob Bickersteth (MICH) 6-4, 6-3
3. Bjorn Swenson (MICH) def. #49 Ronald Hohmann (MSU) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6)
4. Patron Hanchaikul (MICH) def. Sebastien Collard (MSU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
5. Will Cooksey (MICH) def. David Saye (MSU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
6. Nicholas Steiglehner (MICH) def.