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Close matches, but ranked Carleton tops Men's Tennis
2/27/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
The Tommie men's tennis team lost five tie-breakers and fell 8-1 to regionally-ranked Carleton in Saturday's MIAC match held at the U of M Baseline Courts on the Gophers' campus in Minneapolis.
The Knights (5-1 overall, 3-0 MIAC) won 9-8 decisions at first and third doubles and 8-5 at second doubles. They also won 10-7 in the third set at first singles, 10-8 in the third set at second singles, and 11-9 in the third set the sixth singles.
Andy Michels won 6-4, 6-3 at third ssingles for the Tommies (3-1, 1-1).
St. Thomas is home Sunday to face St. Scholastica.
Carleton 8, St. Thomas 1
Singles
--No. 1: Peter Dunn C def. Brendan O'Connell, 6-3, 6-7, 10-7
--No. 2: Dan Vollman C def. Brian McCarthy, 3-6, 6-3, 10-8
--No. 3: Andy Michels ST def. Alexander Chin, 6-4, 6-2
--No. 4: Austin Jiang C def. Dan Cooper, 6-4, 6-4
--No. 5: Paul Cooper C def. Henry Mandell, 6-3, 7-6
--No. 6: Jon Aranda C def. Grant Bakke, 1-6, 6-2, 11-9
Doubles
--No. 1: Vollman-Cooper C def. McCarthy-Michels, 9-8
--No. 2: Dunn-Arena C def. Cooper-Mitchell Blackey, 8-5
--No. 3: Jiang-Chin C def. O'Connell-Kevin Walker, 9-8
