Nov. 13, 2004
EVANSTON, Ill. - Sophomore Jamie Friedland Glen Cove, N.Y./St. Stephen's) and senior Justin Hoeveler (Ross, Calif./The Branson School) competed in the qualifying rounds of the Big Ten Singles Championships Friday. Friedland won two matches on the day, easily beating Cariello of Michigan 6-1, 6-1 before finishing Ozanne of Ohio State 6-7, 6-2, 6-4.
With the pair of wins, Friedland advances to the main draw of the competition, set to begin Saturday, Nov. 13.
Hoeveler dropped his opening match to Brown of Michigan State 6-3, 7-5.
The remaining `Cats are set to start the championships in the main draw as well. Senior Tommy Hanus (Palatine, Ill./Palatine) has grabbed the eighth seed of the championships and will face Robinson of Purdue at 11:30 a.m
Sophomore Willy Lock (Lima, Peru/Markham College) plays Malempati of Iowa at 9 a.m. Sophomore Matt Christian (Troy, Mich./Brother Rice) and junior Adam Schaechterle (Oconomowoc, Wis./Kettle Moraine) will face a qualifier to be determined at 9 a.m. as well.
Senior Chuck Perrin (Atlanta, Ga./The Walker School) will face Fischer of Michigan at Noon on Saturday.
There will be three distinctive winners by the end of the weekend -- the overall champion, the first round consolation champion and the second round consolation champion