Results

PRINCETON, N.J. -- For first-year head coach Danny Westerman, the fall season is about improving depth and growing together as a team. By those measures, the team's performance at the Princeton Invitational must be viewed as a success.

UW's effort in the three-day tournament was highlighted by the doubles team of Alexander Kokorev and Darius Mackenzie finishing off the Black bracket with an 8-0 shutout in Sunday's championship. The duo dispatched Princeton's Jonathan Carcione and Mo El Tonbari to cap off a 5-0 weekend together.

"I was extremely happy with the way we closed the event today," head coach Danny Westerman said. "I was especially pleased with our doubles play. The guys incorporated a lot of things we are talking about in practice in the matches this weekend."

Freshman Alan Sweet also took home a championship on Sunday, rallying for a thrilling, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4, win over Boston College's Aiden McNulty. Overall, Sweet won four matches in three days to win the Cordish Flight.

"It was exciting to see Sweet save match points and win his bracket in his first ever college tournament," Westerman added.

UW had a couple other shots at taking home championships Sunday, but Kokorev and fellow senior Jakhongir Jalolov suffered final match defeats. Jalolov, who ousted the top seed of the bracket in the semifinals, ran out of steam against second-seeded Vaidik Munshaw of St. John's, 7-6 (3), 6-1. Kokorev was also bumped by a St. John's player, Lucas Hejhal, who had also taken down UW's Lamar Remy in the semis.

Mackenzie fought his way back to win the Lenz Flight consolation bracket with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Will Turner of Boston College.

Overall, the Badgers finished the tournament with a 23-7 singles record and a 17-3 record in doubles action.

"We definitely are a better team today than where we were after the Milwaukee Classic. We still have plenty of work to do but we are certainly on the right track."

The UW men will return to action in two weeks for the ITA Regionals in South Bend, Indiana, beginning on Oct. 22.

Singles Results – Friday, Oct. 11
Tiger Championship
Lucas Hejhal (SJU) def. Alexander Kokorev (UW), 7-6 (2), 6-2 
Nassau Championship
Vaidik Munshaw (SJU) Def. Jakhongir Jalolov (UW), 7-6 (3), 6-1
Lenz Consolation
Darius Mackenzie (UW) def. Kyle Childree (BC), forfeit
Darius Mackenzie (UW) def. Will Turner (BC), 6-1, 6-4
Cordish Championship
Alan Sweet (UW) def. Aiden McNulty (BC), 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
Cordish Consolation
Elliott Sprecher (UW) def. Alberto Guffrida (MONMOUTH), 3-6, 6-1, 10-8
Elliott Sprecher (UW) def. Will Conigliaro (BC), 6-4, 6-2

Doubles Results – Friday, Oct. 11
Black Championship
Mackenzie / Kokorev (UW) def. Carcione / El Tonbari (PRINC), 8-0
Orange Championship
Workman / Childree (DREX) def. Jalolov / Remy (UW), 8-7 (6)

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Oct. 10, 2015

PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Wisconsin men's tennis team continued its successful tournament weekend Saturday at the Princeton Invitational. Seniors Alexander Kokorev and Jakhongir Jalolov each posted a pair of wins on the day to advance to the championship of their respectively brackets. Freshman Alan Sweet also found his way to a title bout on Sunday.

"Today was a more challenging day as expected and we struggled at a few spots," UW head coach Danny Westerman said. "We fought hard and learned what we need to work on next." 

In the Tiger bracket, Kokorev moved in the final two by defeating Georgetown's Yannik Mahlangu 6-0, 6-2. He then led St. John's Daniel Skirpnik 5-2 before Skirpzik forfeited from injury. Jakhongir Jalolov was the second Badger to advance to the title match, collecting two wins on Saturday in the Nassau bracket. Jalolov defeated both Peter Beatty from Georgetown and Robert Livi from SJU, 6-2, 6-2, and 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, respectively.

Playing in the Cordish bracket, Sweet tallied two wins of his own after defeating Boston College's Jeffrey Melvin, 6-3, 3-6, 10-6 and NJIT's Richard Rangga 6-3, 6-3. 

In the Lenz bracket, Darius Mackenzie fell to FDU's Jacob Whalley, 5-7, 3-6 but won his next match against Vidit Vaghela of Monmouth, 6-3, 6-4. Jose Carranza grinded out a win against Army's Grant Riechmann in three sets, winning 4-6, 6-3, 11-9 before losing to Ludovico Cestarello from Binghamton, 6-2, 2-6, 0-6. 
In the Nassau flight, John Zordani defeated NJIT's Andres Alban in three sets, 6-4, 1-6, 10-3 before falling to SJU's Vaidik Munshaw, 2-6, 2-6. Remy Lamar defeated Jimmy Wasserman of Princeton, 4-6, 6-3, 10-6 in the Tiger flight before falling to SJU's Luca Hejhal, 5-7, 5-7.

In doubles, Remy and Jalolov paired up and dominated all three of their matches. The duo first defeated Temple's Vineet Naran and Santiago Canete, 8-6, followed by SJU's Robert Livi and Andrei Crapcenco, 8-4. Remy and Jalolov then made quick work of Binghamton's Ludovico Cestarello and Eliott Hureau, winning 8-1.

Sweet and Sprecher won their first match of the day against Army's Daniel Zheng and Joey Hatala, 8-3, before falling to Princeton's Mo El Tonbari and Jonathan Carcione, 4-8. 

Kokorev and Mackenzie were the final doubles pair of the day, defeating NJIT's Pablo Arrutia and Richard Rangga 8-2.

"Several guys are still having very good tournaments and hopefully they can win their respective draws tomorrow," Westerman said. "Everyone will have another match on Sunday so hopefully we can finish strong." 
After the Badgers conclude tournament play Sunday, they will get a couple weeks rest before hitting the road for the ITA Regional Invite in South Bend, Indiana.

Results — Saturday, Oct. 10
Men's Singles - Lenz
Jose Carranza (UW) def. Grant Riechmann (ARMY), 4-6, 6-3, 11-9
Ludovico Cestarello (BING) def. Jose Carranza (UW), 6-2, 2-6, 0-6
Jacob Whalley (FDU) def. Darius Mackenzie (UW), 5-7, 3-6
Darius Mackenzie (UW) def. Vidit Vaghela (MON), 6-3, 6-4
Men's Singles - Tiger
Lamar Remy (UW) def. Jimmy Wasserman (PRINCE), 4-6, 6-3, 10-6
Lucas Hejhal (SJU) def. Lamar Remy (UW), 5-7, 5-7
Alexander Kokorev (UW) def. Yannik Mahlangu (GU), 6-0, 6-2
Alexander Kokorev (UW) def. Daniel Skirpnik (SJU), 5-2, inj.
Men's Singles - Nassau
John Zordani (UW) beat Andres Alban (NJIT), 6-4, 1-6, 10-3
Vaidik Munshaw (SJU) def. John Zordani (UW), 2-6, 2-6
Jakhongir Jalolov (UW) def. Peter Beatty (GU), 6-2, 6-2
Jakhongir Jalolov (UW) def. Robert Livi (SJU), 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2
Men's Singles - Cordish
Alan Sweet (UW) def. Jeffrey Melvin (BC), 6-3, 3-6, 10-6
Alan Sweet (UW) def. Richard Rangga (NJIT), 6-3, 6-3
Will Sharton (GU) def. Elliott Sprecher (UW), 4-6, 7-6, 5-10
Men's Doubles - Orange
Remy / Jalolov (UW) def. Naran / Santiago (TEMPLE), 8-6
Remy / Jalolov (UW) def. Livi / Crapcenco (SJU),  8-4
Remy / Jalolov (UW) def. Cestarello / Hureau (BING), 8-1
Men's Doubles - Black 
Sweet / Sprecher (UW) def. Zheng / Hatala (ARMY), 8-3
Tonbari / Carcione (PRINCE) def. Sweet / Sprecher (UW), 8-4
Kokorev / Mackenzie (UW)  def. Arrutia / Rangga (NJIT), 8-2

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Oct. 9, 2015

PRINCETON, N.J. -- After a three-week hiatus, the Wisconsin men's tennis team showed no signs of rust on the first day of the Princeton Invitational. All eight of the participating Badgers posted singles victories on Friday, going a perfect 8-0 in their respective brackets. On the doubles courts, UW was nearly perfect, finishing 9-1 on the opening day.

"I was very pleased with the guys today," head coach Danny Westerman said. "We played with a ton of energy and it really helped us in some tight situations. We had three great weeks of practice and we are starting to see some of our hard work paying off."

Sophomore Darius Mackenzie opened his weekend with a comfortable 6-2, 6-3 win over Marist's Timo Tanzer to move on to the quarterfinals of the top-flight Lenz bracket. Jose Carranza also advanced to the Lenz round of eight after a thrilling 4-6, 7-6 (5), 10-7 win over Monmouth's Vidit Vaghela.

On opposite sides of the Tiger bracket, Alexander Kokorev and Lamar Remy each notched victories over opponents from Binghamton. Kokorev rallied back from a first-set loss to knock off Sid Hazarika, 4-6, 7-5, 10-7, while Remy dispatched Elliot Hureau, 6-3, 6-1.

Jakhongir Jalolov and John Zordani both advanced to the quarterfinals of the Nassau bracket. Jalolov gutted out a 6-1, 3-6, 11-9 nail-biter over Marist's Fredrik Bjerke. Zordani eased past Mo El Tonbari of Princeton, 6-4, 6-2.

In the Cordish Flight, freshman Alan Sweet grabbed an impressive 6-2, 6-1 win over Georgetown's Jack Murphy and Elliott Sprecher advanced with a 6-1, 5-7, 10-6 win over Carlos Moreno of Marist.

On the doubles side, Jalolov and Remy went three-for-three on Friday, advancing to the semifinals of the Orange bracket. Carranza and Zordani won a pair of matches in the same flight before a tie-breaker setback in the quarterfinals to the duo of Kyle Childree and Hank Workman from Boston College, 8-7 (3).

In the Black bracket, Sweet and Sprecher had a perfect day, winning three matches to reach the semifinals. On the other side, Mackenzie and Kokorev posted a pair of victories before rain halted their quarterfinal match. The Badgers twosome is tied 7-7 but leading 4-2 in the tie-breaker against Grant Patterson and Michael Sienko of Army. That match, along with the subsequent rounds will resume on Saturday.

Results – Friday, Oct. 9
Men's Singles - Lenz
Darius Mackenzie (UW) def. Timo Tanzer (MAR), 6-2, 6-3
Jose Carranza (UW) def. Vidit Vaghela (MON), 4-6, 7-6 (5), 10-7
Men's Singles - Tiger
Alexander Kokorev (UW) def. Sid Hazarika (BING), 4-6, 7-5, 10-7 
Lamar Remy (UW) def. Elliot Hureau (BING), 6-3, 6-1
Men's Singles - Nassau
Jakhongir Jalolov (UW) def. Fredrik Bjerke (MAR), 6-1, 3-6, 11-9
John Zordani (UW) def. Mo El Tonbari (PRINC), 6-4, 6-2
Men's Singles - Cordish
Elliott Sprecher (UW) def. Carlos Moreno (MAR), 6-1, 5-7, 10-6
Alan Sweet (UW) def. Jack Murphy (GU), 6-2, 6-1

Men's Doubles - Orange
Jalolov / Remy (UW) def. Lakshmanan / Saavedra (DREX), 8-7 (4)
Jalolov / Remy (UW) def. Naran / Santiago (TEMP), 8-6
Jalolov / Remy (UW) def. Crapcenco / R. Livi (SJU), 8-4
Carranza / Zordani (UW) def. Radu / Wasserman (PRINC), 8-3
Carranza / Zordani (UW) def. Dorash / Kapshuk (TEMP), 8-5
Childree / Workman (BC) def. Carranza / Zordani (UW), 8-4
Men's Doubles - Black
Sweet / Sprecher (UW) def. Hansen / Prince (LEHIGH), 8-5
Sweet / Sprecher (UW) def. Hazarika / Shah (BING), 8-5
Sweet / Sprecher (UW) def. Hatala / Zheng (ARMY), 8-3
Mackenzie / Kokorev (UW) def. Hejhal / Roszkowski (SJU), 8-5
Mackenzie / Kokorev (UW) def. Stipcic / Glessing (TEMP), 8-5
Mackenzie / Kokorev (UW) def. Patterson / Sienko (ARMY), 8-7 (7)