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Men's Tennis Dropped by Wolverines, 6-1
4/11/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 11, 2001
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State men's tennis team lost to the Michigan Wolverines, 6-1, on Wednesday, April 11, at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility.
After three shirts, three sets, and almost three hours freshman Eric Simonton (Annandale, N.J.) defeated Michigan's Henry Beam at No. 1 singles. Simonton and Beam exchanged serves all the way through the match. Simonton lost in the first set in a tiebreaker, 6-7(1). With all the other matches completed, Simonton defeated Beam in the second set, 7-5. In the third set, the players alternated serves until Beam broke Simonton to take the lead at 5-4. Simonton did not let that get him down as he went on to break Beam, hold serve and break Beam again to win the set and the match 7-5.
"Michigan simply outplayed us today," said MSU head coach Gene Orlando. "It was great to see Eric Simonton beat a great player. Michigan's Henry Beam is ranked 83rd in the nation and 4th in the region."
The Spartans (7-14, 1-6 Big Ten) head to Iowa City, Iowa, to try to get back on the winning streak on Saturday, April 14 at noon.
"Iowa is a team that plays at our level," Orlando said. "We have a good chance of winning."
Michigan def. Michigan State, 6-1
Singles Results#1 Eric Simonton (MSU) def. Henry Beam (UM) 6-7(1), 7-5, 7-5#2 Ben Cox (UM) def. Jimmy McGuire (MSU) 6-1, 6-4#3 Dan McCain (UM) def. Adam Hourani (MSU) 6-2, 6-1#4 Anthony Jackson (UM) def. Mike Hodge (MSU) 6-2, 6-2#5 Greg Novak (UM) def. Mike Jonckheere (MSU) 6-1, 6-2#6 Chris Shaya (UM) def. Rodrigo Abucham (MSU) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles Results#1 Shaya/Chris Rolf (UM) def. Jonckheere/Simonton (MSU) 8-4#2 Beam/McCain (UM) def. Hourani/McGuire (MSU) 8-4#3 Cox/Jackson (UM) def. Abucham/Jason Chen (MSU) 8-4
