UW Men's Tennis Falls Short Against No. 45 Michigan on Easter Sunday
The University of Washington Men's Tennis Team couldn't get it done at home on Easter, dropping a 4-2 conference match to No. 45 Michigan on Sunday afternoon at Quillian Tennis Stadium. It was a frustrating loss that pushes the Huskies to 8-13 on the season and 2-7 in Big Ten play. This is a team that needs to find its footing fast heading into the final stretch of conference competition.
Doubles Gave Washington Hope
Here's what made this one sting: the Huskies actually won the doubles point, which should've set the tone for singles play. Soham Purohit and Brett Pearson came through at No. 1 with a 6-3 win, and then Stephane Kamendje and Rohan Belday locked it down at No. 3 with a 7-5 victory. That 2-1 doubles edge was a strong start. Michigan made a tactical choice to split their No. 10 ranked doubles pair instead of starting them together, and it backfired initially. For Washington, entering singles with the momentum of holding serve was exactly what they needed.
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But singles is where the wheels came off. Daniel Bien was out with a lower body injury, leaving Nikola Plavsic to start his fifth match at the No. 6 spot. The Huskies got some bright spots: Plavsic and Brett Pearson both won their opening sets strong, and Hyeonseok Seo forced a third set with a 6-1 second set win. But Michigan's ranked players, including No. 10 Max Dahlin and No. 86 Bjorn Swenson, proved too much down the stretch. Soham Purohit fought hard against Dahlin but fell 7-6 in a tiebreaker then 6-4. Kamendje couldn't solve Swenson either, dropping 6-4, 6-2. Even when Seo evened things at 2-2 with another 6-1 win, Michigan won the final three singles matches to seal the 4-2 result. Rohan Belday was left stranded at 3-4 in his third set.
Looking Ahead
The Huskies head back on the road next weekend for another pair of Big Ten tests. Penn State comes first on Friday, April 10th, followed by Ohio State on Sunday, April 12th. Washington needs to regroup and find a way to string together some wins before conference play wraps up.
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