March 24, 2000
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern University men's tennis team closed out its spring break trip to California with a 6-1 win over Colorado Friday afternoon in La Jolla. The win was allowed the Wildcats to go 2-1 on the trip and improve their record to 6-7 overall.
Northwestern gained the first point of the day by winning two of the three doubles matches, highlighted by Josh Axler and Jamie Sahara, 9-7, at No. 3. The Wildcats then shut the door on the Buffaloes by winning five of the six singles matches, four of them in convincing fashion.
Northwestern will be home next weekend for a pair of Big Ten matches. The Wildcats host Michigan on Saturday and Michigan on Sunday. Both matches are scheduled to start at 12 noon Central.
*MATCH RESULTS*
Northwestern 6, Colorado 1
SINGLES
1. Joost Hol (NU) def. Maciej Dilaj (UC) 1-6, 6-4, 6-1.
2. Brad Erickson (NU) def. Artur Rusieck (UC) 6-1, 7-5.
3. Mirko Jovanovic (UC) def. Jackie Jenkins (NU) 6-3, 7-6.
4. Josh Axler (NU) def. Justin Hunter (UC) 6-1, 6-0.
5. Russell Bennett (NU) def. Andy Winter (UC) 6-1, 6-0.
6. Jamie Sahara (NU) def. Bryan Knepper (UC) 6-3, 6-2.
DOUBLES
1. Dilaj/Jovanovic (UC) def. Bennett/Hol (NU) 8-4.
2. Erickson/Jenkins (NU) def. Knepper/Winter (UC) 8-0.
3. Axler/Sahara (NU) def. Hunter/Rusiecki (UC) 9-7.