Setting the record straight

Friday, April 21

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April 21, 2017 | Men's Tennis

Wisconsin blanks Indiana to earn first win against Hoosiers since 2010

MADISON, Wis. – For the Wisconsin men's tennis team that has broken record after record this season, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the Cardinal and White earned another landmark win on Friday. The No. 30 Badgers blanked No. 49 Indiana, 7-0, at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium to pick up their first win against the Hoosiers since the 2010 season.

"The past is the past," head coach Danny Westerman said. "It wasn't on our mind that we haven't beaten them in a while. They are a good team and we're a good team as well. I think we were just a little tougher in big moments today. I was really pleased with our toughness today, this is what outdoor tennis is all about. You can't hit through anybody outdoors and our guys stepped up nicely at the end of sets.

"We've been team oriented all season long. When you don't have any guys in the rankings for singles or doubles, you count on everyone. I thought everyone played extremely well and I was proud of how our guys rose to the occasion."

The Badgers' picked up their seventh Big Ten Conference win of the year, which is tied for the fifth-most conference triumphs in program history.

Wisconsin (16-5, 7-3) dominated Indiana (13-11, 4-6) in doubles as the Badgers improved to 18-3 in doubles action.

As the Badger team doubles record shines, so does the No. 2 tandem for UW. Junior captain Lamar Remy and freshman Chase Colton paired up against Indiana's Stefan Lugonjic and Antonio Cembellin and won, 6-2. The pair boasts a staggering 21-5 doubles record in the dual season.

At the No. 1 doubles spot, juniors Chema Carranza and Josef Dodridge blasted to a 6-3 win over the 76th-ranked duo of Raheel Manji and Keivon Tabrizi. Carranza and Dodridge hold the second-best win percentage for UW behind Remy and Colton with an 11-5 record.

In singles, following a long first set that Carranza ultimately won, 7-6 (9-7), the junior blazed to a 6-1 second-set finish over Matthew McCoy. Carranza remains atop the Badger leaderboard in win percentage (Badgers with at least 10 wins) and overall wins. The Montequinto, Spain, native, holds a 26-7 overall record and 13-6 record in the spring.

Two other Badgers – Dodridge and sophomore Osgar O'Hoisin -- finished in straight-set fashion.

O'Hoisin was the second Badger to punch the clock, tallying a win at the No. 4 singles spot over Indiana's Keivon Tabrizi, 6-3, 7-6. Dodridge, at the No. 2 position, battled Antonio Cembellin to a straight set win that could have had a very different result. Dodridge won the first set, 7-6 (9-7) which bruised Cembellin and made way for a 7-5 second set win.

At the No. 1 singles spot, Remy battled back from down a break and won the first-set tiebreak, 7-6 (7-4). But Indiana's Raheel Manji wouldn't quit. The Hoosier took the second set, 6-3, before Remy delivered the final blow in the third, 6-2.

The two Badger freshman – Colton and Daniel Soyfer – each collected character-building three-set wins at the No. 5 and 6 spots, respectively.

Colton won his first set, 6-1, over Bennet Crane before dropping the second, 6-2. In the third, Colton fought hard at the end of the set to close out the match with a 6-4 decision. Soyfer, after suffering a 6-2 blow in the first from Indiana's Oliver Sec, the freshman stood his ground and held onto a 7-6 (7-4) win in the second set. In the third, Soyfer used the home crowd's undivided attention to capture the game, 6-4.

The Badgers are back home on Sunday when they take on Purdue and celebrate senior day. The match starts at noon (CT) and will be played outdoors at Nielsen.