April 28, 2016
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#BoilerNotes
- The Boilermakers dropped the doubles point, but came back for the win ... it is the fourth time this season they have lost the point, but won the dual match ... the last two times Purdue dropped the point but bounced back have been against Minnesota.
- This is the seventh time the Boilermakers have been victorious in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament ... the last time they advanced to the quarterfinals was in 2013.
- The Boilermakers have won both first round meetings in the tournament with the Gophers.
- The win marks the third time Purdue has won against a league opponent in the regular season and tournament ... the first was Northwestern in 1999 followed by Penn State in 2001.
- The doubles team of Gergely Madarasz and Ricky Medinilla have won three straight at the No. 2 spot.
- No. 48 Madarasz has won 17 of his 20 matches in straight sets ... all but one of the dual matches have been played at the No. 1 spot.
- Ricky Medinilla registered his 25th season win, a career and team best ... the junior's win ties the most wins since Mark Kovacs' 25 during the 2013-14 season.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Seventh-seeded Purdue opened the Big Ten Tournament with a 4-1 rally win against No. 10-seed Minnesota on Thursday in first round action at the Baseline Tennis Center. The Boilermakers (17-9, 5-6 B1G) fell behind in doubles play, but rebounded to win 3 of 4 singles matches in straight sets.
"[It was a] good win, good team effort," Purdue head men's tennis coach Pawel Gajdzik said. "It's always tough to win on the road, especially against a good team like Minnesota. It's the Big Ten Tournament; it's survive and advance and we're looking to the next opportunity tomorrow."
Purdue advances to a quarterfinal contest with second-seeded Northwestern at 3 p.m. ET on Friday. The Wildcats received a bye in the first round.
"They're a very good team," Gajdzik said. "They're pretty tough, but our history against them, it's a rivalry. We've played them very close the past few years and tomorrow it's going to be which team wants it more."
To begin the doubles battle, Purdue's undefeated pair of Gergely Madarasz and Ricky Medinilla swept Marino Alpeza and Josip Krstanovic 6-0 at the No. 2 spot. The Gophers struck back with a 6-4 showing by Jeremy Lynn and Josip Krstanovic over Renan Hanayama and Mateus Silva at the bottom on the lineup.
The doubles decision fell on the No. 1 spot. The Boilermakers' duo of Dominik Sochurek and Benjamin Ugarte fell to the 30th-ranked pair of Matic Spec and Felix Corwin 6-4 and Minnesota was able to clinch the point.
Purdue did not back down in singles action, taking the first set in five of the six matches.
No. 48 Madarasz (20-3) disposed of Spec 6-4, 6-2 at the No.1 spot for his 17th win of the season in straight sets. Silva topped Alpeza 6-1, 6-3 at No. 4 to give Purdue a 2-1 edge.
In a match that went into the third set, Medinilla kept the Boilermakers rolling by handing Corwin a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 loss. Sochurek sealed the first-round win with a 7-5, 7-6 (1) showing over Lynn at the No. 5 spot.