Sept. 28, 2001
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue men's tennis players Andrew Wakefield, Dan Swan and Troy Havens all won matches in the first day of action at the Notre Dame Tom Fallon Invitational on Friday, Sept. 28. In addition, the Boilermakers won three of four doubles matches.
Wakefield, a junior, pulled off an upset of Notre Dame's Casey Smith, the 38th-ranked player in the nation and the highest-ranked player in the tournament. Wakefield rallied to defeat his Fighting Irish counterpart 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-8).
Unfortunately, that was the lone win for the Boilermakers in eight singles contests against Notre Dame in the tournament's hidden dual format.
However, sophomore Troy Havens pulled out a come-from-behind victory over Rice's Prakash Venkataraman 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4). Swan, a senior, defeated Notre Dame's Bryan Acken 6-2, 6-3 in a substitute match.
In doubles, the 28th-ranked pair of Swan and junior Scott Mayer defeated 33rd-ranked Green and Rutherford from Wisconsin, 8-2. Junior Carl McCafferty and senior Derek Miller beat Wisconsin's Baker and Hippe 8-4, while Havens and Wakefield coupled for an 8-6 win against the Badgers' Gonzaga and Kasarov.
COMPLETE PURDUE RESULTS, Sept. 28#76 Javier Taborga (ND) def. Scott Mayer (P) 6-3, 6-0Andrew Wakefield (P) def. #38 Casey Smith (ND) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7)Aaron Talarico (ND) def. Carl McCafferty (P) 6-1, 6-3#100 Luis Haddock-Morales (ND) def. Derek Miller (P) 6-4, 7-5Matthew Scott (ND) def. Sounak Chatterjee (P) 6-3, 6-0Andrew Laflin (ND) def. Laith Al-Agba (P) 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8)James Malhame (ND) def. Troy Havens (P) 6-1, 7-6Paul McNaughton (ND) def. Seth McKinley (P) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)
#100 Matthias Mathaes (R) def. Andrew Wakefield (P) 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-6)Cody Jackson (R) def. Carl McCafferty (P) 6-3, 6-1Brian Farrell (ND) def. Derek Miller (P) 6-1, 6-3Brent D'Amico (ND) def. Scott Mayer (P) 6-1, 5-7, 1-0 (10-3)Troy Havens (P) def. Prakash Venkataraman (R) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4)Dan Swan (P) def. Bryan Acken (ND) 6-2, 6-3
#28 Mayer/Swan (P) def. #33 Green/Rutherford (W) 8-2McCafferty/Miller (P) def. Baker/Hippe (W) 8-4Havens/Wakefield (P) def. Gonzaga/Kasarov (W) 8-6Laflin/Scott (ND) def. Al-Agba/Chatterjee (P) 8-4
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