Feb. 27, 2005
EVANSTON, Ill. - Sophomore Christian Tempke (Wentorf, Germany/Gymnasium) recorded his second-straight singles victory Sunday against Michigan State, but the Spartans edged the Wildcats, 4-3.
In doubles competition, sophomore Willy Lock (Lima, Peru/Markham College) and senior Justin Hoeveler (Ross, Calif./The Branson School) won at the No. 3 spot, but Michigan State claimed the overall point to take a 1-0 lead.
Lock, Tempke and sophomore Matt Christian (Troy, Mich./Brother Rice) recorded singles victories at No. 2, No. 4 and No. 6, respectively, but it was not enough to catch the Spartans.
Northwestern evens its record to 6-6 overall, 1-2 Big Ten. Michigan State improves to 10-3 overall and 2-0 in conference play.
The Wildcats are next in action Saturday, March 5 at Tulane.
Michigan State 4, Northwestern 3
Doubles
No. 1 - Formanczyk/Rinks (MSU) def. Perrin/Tempke (NU) 8-4
No. 2 - Compton/Monich (MSU) def. Hanus/Schaechterle (NU) 8-5
No. 3 - Lock/Hoeveler (NU) def. Marshall/Flowers (MSU) 9-8 (8-6)
Singles
No. 1 - Andrew Formanczyk (MSU) def. Tommy Hanus (NU) 6-7 (1-7), 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 - Christian Tempke (NU) def. Cameron Marshall (MSU) 6-2, 7-5
No. 3 - Nick Rinks (MSU) def. Chuck Perrin (NU) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
No. 4 - Willy Lock (NU) def. Adam Monich (MSU) 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
No. 5 - Joseph McWilliams (MSU) def. Adam Schaechterle (NU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 - Matt Christian (NU) def. Brian Compton (MSU) 6-4, 6-2
Order of finish for doubles: 1, 2, 3
Order of finish for singles: 2, 3, 5, 4, 6, 1