Feb. 16, 2002
SEATTLE - Northwestern's men's tennis team rallied from a 3-0 deficit against No. 55 Louisville to take the match, 4-3, at the Great Northwest Shootout Sunday.
No. 49 NU (6-2, 1-0 Big Ten) lost the doubles point, and Ryan Edlefsen (Eden Prairie, Minn./Bloomington Jefferson) and Jackie Jenkins (College Park, Ga./Westlake) lost their singles matches at the No. 1 and No. 4 positions, putting the 'Cats down 3-0.
Then it was rally time. Jamie Sahara (Santa Maria, Calif./St. Joseph) and Tommy Hanus (Palatine, Ill./Palatine) took care of their opponents in straight sets. Hanus is now 8-0 on the season.
Chuck Perrin (Atlanta, Ga./The Walker School) took a little bit longer to win, losing the first set but nearly sweeping the next two.
Josh Axler (Huntington, N.Y./Walt Whitman) clinched the win for the 'Cats at the No. 5 position, defeating Matt Mayer 2-6, 7-6, 6-2.
NU will play host school No. 23 Washington Sunday in the final match of the Great Northwest Shootout.
No. 49 Northwestern 4, No. 55 Louisville 3
Doubles
1. Conley/Nocodim, UL, def. Edlefsen/Hol, 9-7
2. Hanus/Bennett, NU, def. Sivertsen/Carvalho, 8-6
3. Mayer/McCombe, UL, def. Jenkins/Perrin, 8-6
Singles
1. Cody Conley def. Ryan Edlefsen, 6-1, 6-4
2. Tommy Hanus def. Paulo Carvalho, 6-2, 6-4
3. Jamie Sahara def. Alex Sivertsen, 6-3, 6-3
4. Octavian Nocodim def. Jackie Jenkins, 6-2, 6-3
5. Josh Axler def. Matt Mayer, 2-6, 7-6, 6-2
6. Chuck Perrin def. Brent McCombe, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2