April 16, 2006
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue men's tennis team fell 6-1 at Wisconsin on Sunday. The Boilermakers dropped to 7-13 overall and 2-6 in the Big Ten, while Wisconsin improved to 10-10 and 3-6.
Wisconsin took all three doubles matches to jump out to a 1-0 lead. In singles, junior Matt Zollman recorded the lone Boilermaker point; he defeated Elliott Bisnow 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 at No. 6.
Purdue returns home to play host to Iowa and Minnesota next Saturday and Sunday. The matches against the Hawkeyes and Golden Gophers will be the Boilermakers' last two of the regular season before the Big Ten Championships are contested from April 27 to 30 in Minneapolis.
Wisconsin 6, Purdue 1
Singles
1. Jeremy Sonkin (W) def. Scott Warner (P) 6-2, 6-1
2. Nolan Polley (W) def. Colin Foster (P) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
3. Lachezar Kasarov (W) def. Eric Hodgman (P) 6-3, 6-3
4. Felipe Bellido (W) def. Jarred Leibner (P) 6-4, 7-5 *
5. Gian Hodgson (W) def. Kurt Zaske (P) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
6. Matt Zollman (P) def. Elliott Bisnow (W) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
Doubles
1. #55 Polley/Sonkin (W) def. Foster/Zaske (P) 9-8
2. Bellido/Kasarov (W) def. Hodgman/Griffin Nienberg (P) 8-6
3. Hodgson/Bisnow (W) def. Warner/Jose Fuenmayor (P) 8-6
Order of singles finish: 1,3,4,5,6,2
Order of doubles finish: 3,2,1
* Denotes match-clinching victory.
Purdue: 7-13 (2-6 Big Ten)
Wisconsin: 10-10 (3-6 Big Ten)
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