March 27, 2015
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MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin men's tennis team dropped a close match to No. 39 Indiana on Friday, falling to the Hoosiers, 5-2, at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.
"It was a tough match today," UW head coach Greg Van Emburgh said. "It felt like overall we competed well and Indiana just played a little better than us today. So hopefully we can be ready for the next match tonight and also be ready for Purdue on Sunday."
The Badgers (4-12) opened up the match with a competitive doubles battle, but fell just short and dropped the point to Indiana (12-7).
The No. 2 doubles team of junior Jakhongir Jalalov and junior Alexander Kokorev defeated IU's Chris Essick and Stefan Lugonjic, 8-3, but Indiana took the other two matches to go up 1-0. On doubles court 1, freshmen Josef Dodridge and Jose Carranza dropped their match, 8-5, to Sam Monette and Daniel Bednarczyk, while the No. 3 doubles team of freshmen Lamar Remy and Tomas Pitra fell to Sven Lalic and Raheel Manji, 8-4.
In singles action, Dodridge led the way for the Badgers at No. 1 singles with a big win over Monette. Dodridge dominated the first set, 6-0, then fell in his second set 6-4. He recorded a win for the Cardinal and White with a 7-6 tiebreaker victory in the third set.
Wisconsin's other win came from court 6, with sophomore John Zordani defeating Essick in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4.
Jalalov dropped a close match on singles court 3, falling to Manji in a 1-0 tiebreaker in the third set after going 5-7 in set one and 6-2 in set two. On singles court 2, Kokorev was defeated by Bednarczyk in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2.
Michael Sinha (court 4) and Carranza (court 5) both fell in straight sets to close out UW's scoring. Sinha fell to Lalic by a final score of 6-1, 6-0, while Carranza lost his match to Matthew McCoy 6-4, 6-2.
The Badgers return to action at 6 p.m. tonight with a match against SIUE. Wisconsin then closes out its three-match homestand at Nielsen Tennis Stadium on Sunday with a contest against Purdue at noon (CT).
Results - Friday, March 27
No. 39 Indiana def. Wisconsin, 5-2
Men's Doubles
1. Sam Monette/Daniel Bednarczyk def. Josef Dodridge/Jose Carranza, 8-5
2. Alexander Kokorev/Jakhongir Jalalov def. Chris Essick/Stefan Lugonjic, 8-3
3. Sven Lalic/Raheel Manji def. Lamar Remy/Tomas Pitra, 8-4
Men's Singles
1. Josef Dodridge def. Sam Monette, 6-0, 4-6, 7-6
2. Daniel Bednarczyk def. Alexander Kokorev, 6-4, 6-2
3. Raheel Manji def. Jakhongir Jalalov, 5-7, 6-2, 1-0
4. Sven Lalic def. Michael Sinha, 6-1, 6-0
5. Matthew McCoy def. Jose Carranza, 6-4, 6-2
6. John Zordani def. Chris Essick, 6-2, 6-4
