Huskies Close Weekend at Hillsdale
HILLSDALE, Mich. – The Michigan Tech men's tennis team fell at Hillsdale 8-1 on Saturday in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match to wrap up the weekend. Mario Neto highlighted the contest with his team leading third singles victory of the 2017 season.
Michigan Tech (1-7, 0-4 GLIAC) opened the day in doubles competition and nearly came away with a point early in the match. Illiya Chibirev and Tayler Bethke teamed up to challenge Julien Clouette and Milan Mirkovic of Hillsdale (8-6, 1-2 GLIAC) in No. 3 doubles. The Huskies came up just short 8-6 and from there the Chargers garnered the other two points to carry a 3-0 advantage in to the singles portion of the match.
Neto had one of his best singles outings of the season, sweeping Hillsdale's No.1 player Justin Hyman 6-1 and 6-1. Unfortunately, the Chargers would sweep the other five singles contest on their way to the 8-1 win. After a tough first set in No. 6 singles, Jacob Prochnow pushed Juilen Clouette to the wire in the second set before falling 6-4. Clouette had grabbed the lead after one set 6-1.
The Huskies return home on Saturday to host Grand Valley State University in another GLIAC match at the Gates Tennis Center. The first serve is slated for 10 a.m.
The complete results are listed below.
Hillsdale College 8, Michigan Tech 1
Mar 25, 2017 at Hillsdale, Mich. (Biermann Center)
1. Mario Neto (MTM) def. Justin Hyman (HCM) 6-1, 6-1
2. Charlie Adams (HCM) def. Juan Felipe Chica (MTM) 6-0, 6-0
3. Milan Mirkovic (HCM) def. Ricardo Paes (MTM) 6-2, 6-2
4. Dugan Delp (HCM) def. Illiya Chibirev (MTM) 6-2, 6-1
5. John Ciraci (HCM) def. Tayler Bethke (MTM) 6-0, 6-1
6. Julien Clouette (HCM) def. Jacob Prochnow (MTM) 6-1, 6-4
1. Justin Hyman/Charlie Adams (HCM) def. Mario Neto/Juan Felipe Chica (MTM) 8-3
2. John Ciraci/Dugan Delp (HCM) def. Ricardo Paes/Jacob Prochnow (MTM) 8-2
3. Julien Clouette/Milan Mirkovic (HCM) def. Illiya Chibirev/Tayler Bethke (MTM) 8-6
Michigan Tech 1-7
Hillsdale College 8-6
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