Spartan Results From The H.E.B. Collegiate Team Championship
3/17/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 17, 2000
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State men's tennis team didn't start spring break off the way they would have liked to. The Spartans failed to pick up a victory at the H.E.B. Collegiate Team Championships, held in Corpus Christi, Texas, March 3-5. The four losses dropped MSU's overall record to 5-10.
Michigan State lost to No. 15 TCU on the opening day of the tournament by a score of 4-0. Day two saw MSU fall to Big Ten rival No. 21 Minnesota, 4-0, and No. 47 Tulane, 4-2. The Spartans lost to No. 57 New Mexico, 4-3, on Sunday.
Sixteen teams competed at the H.E.B. Collegiate Team Championships. Matches were halted once a team captured the decisive fourth point of the match. All matches were played with a ten point tie-breaker for the third set.
Michigan State vs. TCU L (4-0) 3/3/2000 Singles Results No.1 Estaban Carril (TCU) vs. Ivica Primorac (MSU) DNF No.2 Antonio Gordon (TCU) def. Ken Kigongo (MSU) 6-2, 6-3 No.3 Trace Fielding (TCU) def. Robert Topalo (MSU) 6-2, 6-2 No.4 Scott Eddins (TCU) def. Goran Topalo (MSU) 7-5, 6-3 No.5 Jimmy McGuire (MSU) vs. Petr Koula (TCU) DNF No.6 Todd Townsend (MSU) vs. Sebastian Iannariello (TCU) DNF Doubles Results No.1 Mark Findling/Kigongo (MSU) vs. Eddins/Koula (TCU) DNF No.2 Carril/Fielding (TCU) def. McGuire/Primorac (MSU) 8-5 No.3 Gordon/Iannariello (TCU) def. G. Topalo/R. Topalo (MSU) 8-4
Michigan State vs. Minnesota L (4-0) 3/4/2000 Singles Results No.1 Harsh Mankad (MINN) def. Ivica Primorac (MSU) 6-4, 7-5 No.2 Robert Topalo (MSU) vs. Tomas Haug (MINN) DNF No.3 Jorge Duenas (MINN) def. Francisco Trinidad (MSU) 6-3, 6-3 No.4 Goran Topalo (MSU) vs. Martin Micholowski (MINN) DNF No.5 Tyson Parry (MINN) def. Jimmy McGuire (MSU) 6-2, 6-4 No.6 Mark Findling (MSU) vs. Jon Svensson (MINN) DNF Doubles Results No.1 Haug/Mankad (MINN) def. McGuire/Primorac (MSU) 8-5 No.2 R. Topalo/Trinidad (MSU) vs. Duennas/Svensson (MINN) DNF No.3 Micholowski/Parry (MINN) def. Findling/G. Topalo (MSU) 8-4
Michigan State vs. Tulane L (4-2) 3/4/2000 Singles Results No.1 Ivica Primorac (MSU) vs. Dennis Lundberg (TU) DNF No.2 Mikko Vilianen (TU) def. Robert Topalo (MSU) 6-3, 3-6, (10-1) No.3 Jon Monk (TU) def. Ken Kigongo (MSU) 2-6, 6-3, (10-8) No.4 Esat Tanik (TU) def. Francisco Trinidad (MSU) 7-5, 6-1 No.5 Chris Ortner (TU) def. Goran Topalo (MSU) 6-3, 6-3 No.6 Todd Townsend (MSU) def. Blake Baratz (TU) 3-6, 7-6, (10-6) Doubles Results No.1 Tanik/Vilianen (TU) def. Findling/Kigongo (MSU) 8-4 No.2 McGuire/Primorac (MSU) def. Lundberg/Westerbueg (TU) 8-6 No.3 R. Topalo/Trinidad (MSU) def. Ortner/Rose (TU) 8-3
Michigan State vs. New Mexico L (4-3) 3/5/2000 Singles Results No.1 Matt Arngwerd (NM) def. Ivica Primorac (MSU) 6-3, 6-3 No.2 Robert Topalo (MSU) def. Nic Dubey (NM) 6-1, 7-5 No.3 Takeshi Itch (NM) def. Ken Kigongo (MSU) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 No.4 Francisco Trinidad (MSU) def. Michael Polasek (NM) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 No.5 Bart Scott (NM) def. Todd Townsend (MSU) 6-4, 6-1 No.6 Goran Topalo (MSU) def. Andrew Irving (NM) 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 Doubles Results No.1 Findling/Kigongo (MSU) vs. Dubey/Scott (NM) DNF No.2 Arngwerd/Itch (NM) def. McGuire/Primorac (MSU) 8-5 No.3 Irving/Russell (NM) def. R. Topalo/Trinidad (MSU) 8-6