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| Sept. 16-18 |
at Milwaukee Tennis Classic |
Results |
| Oct. 1-9 |
at ITA All-American Championships |
Results |
| Oct. 13-18 |
at ITA Midwest Regional |
Results |
| Oct. 21-23 |
at Wildcat Invitational |
Results |
| Oct. 28-30 |
at Big Ten Fall Singles |
Results |
| Jan. 28 |
BUTLER |
W, 6-1 |
| Jan. 28 |
WESTERN ILLINOIS |
W, 7-0 |
| Feb. 10 |
at Notre Dame |
L, 7-0 |
| Feb. 18 |
at Clemson |
L, 6-1 |
| Feb. 19 |
at Georgia Tech |
L, 5-2 |
| Feb. 22 |
vs. Marquette |
W, 5-2 |
| Feb. 25 |
at Minnesota* |
L, 6-1 |
| March 3 |
GREEN BAY |
W, 7-0 |
| March 4 |
NORTHERN ILLINOIS |
W, 6-1 |
| March 10 |
at Fresno State |
L, 4-3 |
| March 11 |
vs. Idaho |
W, 4-2 |
| March 17 |
UW-WHITEWATER |
W, 7-0 |
| March 17 |
UIC |
W, 7-0 |
| March 23 |
MICHIGAN* |
L, 5-2 |
| March 25 |
MICHIGAN STATE* |
L, 6-1 |
| March 30 |
at Illinois* |
L, 6-1 |
| April 1 |
at Northwestern* |
L, 6-1 |
| April 6 |
OHIO STATE* |
L, 7-0 |
| April 8 |
PENN STATE* |
W, 5-2 |
| April 14 |
at Purdue* |
W, 4-3 |
| April 15 |
at Indiana* |
L, 5-2 |
| April 20 |
IOWA* |
W, 5-2 |
| April 22 |
at Nebraska* |
W, 4-3 |
| April 26 |
Nebraska* |
9:30 a.m. |
| April 27 |
Ohio State* |
9:30 a.m. |
| April 28 |
TBA |
9:30 a.m. |
| April 29 |
TBA |
12:00 p.m. |
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| Austin Akers |
6-2 |
SO |
| Fredrik Ask |
6-0 |
SO |
| Billy Bertha |
6-5 |
JR |
| Rod Carey |
6-1 |
SO |
| Alexander Kostanov |
6-4 |
JR |
| Jack Larsen |
5-11 |
FR |
| Andy Quirk |
6-0 |
FR |
| Alex Robles |
6-4 |
SO |
| Petr Satral |
5-11 |
SO |
| Alexander Teppert |
6-0 |
RS-SO |
| Quinton Vega |
6-1 |
FR |
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Wisconsin heads to Evanston for Big Ten tournament
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin (12-11, 4-7) begins postseason play Thursday at the 2012 Big Ten Men’s Tennis Tournament hosted by Northwestern at the Vandy Christie Tennis Center in Evanston, Ill. UW enters the tournament playing its best tennis of the season, having won four of its last five matches with two wins over ranked opponents.
UW, the eighth seed, opens the tournament against its most recent opponent, ninth-seeded Nebraska, at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday. The No. 71-ranked Cornhuskers ended their conference season with a 3-8 record, finishing on a five-match losing streak that included a 7-0 loss to Minnesota and a 4-3 upset-loss to Wisconsin on the last weekend of the regular season.
In the rematch against Nebraska, Wisconsin will need to improve its doubles play. The Badgers were swept in doubles for only the fourth time all season and were forced to climb out of a 1-0 hole to earn the victory against the Cornhuskers last Sunday.
With a victory Thursday, the Badgers would move on to face Big Ten regular season champions Ohio State (29-2, 11-0) Friday at 9:30 a.m. The Buckeyes, the No. 3-ranked team in the country, defeated the Badgers the first time they played, 7-0, at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium on April 6. The Buckeyes finished off their regular season last weekend by claiming sole possession of the Big Ten Conference championship for the seventh-straight season. Ohio State has won 90 consecutive Big Ten matches, including Big Ten tournament play.
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Last week
The Wisconsin men’s tennis team kicked off its final weekend of the regular season by defeating Iowa, 5-2, Friday afternoon at the Nielsen Tennis Center. UW followed the big win against Iowa with a 4-3, upset win over No. 71 Nebraska on the road.
At No. 2 doubles Rod Carey and Alexander Kostanov fell to Jonas Dierckz and Matt Hagan, 8-1. Wisconsin evened the doubles when Alex Robles and Quinton Vega topped Will Vasos and Tom Mroziewicz, 8-3.
With the doubles split, it came down to No. 1 doubles where Billy Bertha and Fredrik Ask clinched the doubles point by scoring an 8-5 victory over Garret Dunn and Michael Swank.
Using the momentum from doubles, Bertha dropped just one game to Swank in singles play with a 6-1, 6-0 win, giving UW a 2-0 lead. Wisconsin took a 3-0 lead when Carey defeated Vasos at No. 2 singles, 6-2, 7-5.
The Hawkeyes got on the board after Dunn put together a 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 victory over Kostanov, but Petr Satral clinched the match for UW. He topped Joey White 7-6 (7-5) in the first set and then won the second set with one break, 6-4.
Against Nebraska, the Cornhuskers took a 1-0 lead after sweeping the Badgers in doubles.
After getting down 1-0, UW responded by winning the next three points to take control of the match. Carey led the charge by earning an easy victory over Lindheim, 6-3, 6-0, at No. 2 singles. Satral was the second Badger to earn a win. He scored a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Stenger to give UW its first lead of the match. At No. 6 singles, Bertha extended his match win streak to four with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Drew Freeman, giving the Badgers a 3-1 lead.
Nebraska stopped the Badgers’ run with a victory from its No. 1 singles player, Aumueller. He topped Ask, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, and then the Cornhuskers leveled the match at 3-3 with a 7-6, 7-5 win from Robert Schulze over Vega at No. 3 singles.
The No. 5 singles match between Kostanov and Blackwell was the deciding match. Kostanov lost the first set, 6-4, but he picked up his play and won the second set 6-4 to force the match into a third set. In the third, Kostanov jumped out to an early 5-1 lead before closing out the match with a 6-2 victory.
Badgers earn first win over a ranked opponent
The Wisconsin men's tennis team earned its first win over a ranked opponent this season against No. 74 Purdue, 4-3. The Badgers followed the win with a 5-2 loss to No. 31 Indiana.
Splitting the weekend matches keeps the Badgers below .500 at 10-11 overall and 2-7 in the Big Ten. The victory over the Boilermakers was the first Big Ten road victory for the Badgers.
Purdue won the first two doubles matches to win the doubles point. Szymon Tatarczyk and Krisztian Krocsko defeated Alex Robles and Rod Carey, 8-5, at No. 2 doubles, and then clinched the doubles point when Pawel Poziomski and Mark Kovacs topped Alexander Kostanov and Petr Satral, 8-6.
In singles, Purdue took a 3-1 lead, but Kostanov led the rally charge for the Badgers with a 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) win over Aaron Dujovne. Carey then tied the match at 3-3 with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Tatarczyk at No. 2 singles.
The deciding match was between Evan Hawkins and Billy Bertha. Bertha, UW's captain, dropped the first set in a tiebreaker, 7-5, but fought back to win the second and third set handily, 6-2, 6-4.
Against Indiana, No. 1 doubles was the only bright spot in doubles play. Fredrik Ask and Bertha topped No. 56 Isade Juneau and Jeremy Langer, 8-5, for their fourth win over a ranked opponent.
Taking a 1-0 lead into singles, IU quickly made it 3-0 when Josh MacTaggart defeated Ask, 6-0, 6-1 and Stephen Vogl handled Kostanov, 6-1, 6-3. Indiana clinched the match when Jeneau defeated Carey, 6-1, 7-6 (8-6).
Bertha and Quinton Vega were the only Badgers to earn singles victories Sunday. Bertha topped Dimitrije Tasic 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, while Vega scored a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Langer at No. 3 singles.
Badgers earn first Big Ten win against Penn State
The Wisconsin men’s tennis team fell to No. 3 Ohio State, 7-0, but defeated Penn State, 5-2, at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium for its first Big Ten Conference win of the season.
The Buckeyes dominated doubles by losing just six games en route to wins at all three positions.
OSU continued its strong play in singles to complete the sweep over the Badgers for the second-straight year. Alexander Kostanov was the only Badger to win a set against the Buckeyes, but after winning the first set, 7-5, he lost the second set, 7-6 (7-4), and the match tiebreaker 12-10 to Connor Smith.
Against Penn State, UW started out strong by winning the doubles point for the first time in its last three outings.
The doubles point came down to No. 1 doubles. The match could not have been any closer, but Fredrik Ask and Rod Carey won the big points in the tiebreaker to prevail over C.J. Griffin and Christopher Hasyn, 9-8 (10-8).
The Nittany Lions evened the match early in singles when Hasyn defeated Alex Robles, 6-3, 6-0.
Quinton Vega, playing his first match at No. 3 singles, stepped up to win, 6-3, 6-3, over Taylor Cohen to give the Badgers a 2-1 lead.
Penn State again rallied back when Tomas Hanzlik beat Ask at No. 1 singles, 6-4, 6-4, tying the match at 2-2.
After the No. 1 singles match, it was all Wisconsin. Kostanov handled Chris Young, 6-2, 6-0, and Petr Satral clinched the match for Wisconsin after a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) victory over Bryan Welnetz.
Carey defeated Russell Bader, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, making the final score 5-2.
Wisconsin drops both duals of road trip to Illinois
The Wisconsin men’s tennis team lost both of its road matches last weekend, dropping a pair of 6-1 decisions to No. 17 Illinois and No. 53 Northwestern.
It was a tough weekend for the Badgers, particularly in singles play. Petr Satral was the only Badger able to net a singles victory with his 6-0, 6-4 singles victory over Raleigh Smith. It was Satral’s first Big Ten singles victory of the season.
The Badgers also unveiled a new doubles lineup. The Badgers separated the No. 21-ranked duo of Billy Bertha and Fredrik Ask while Alexander Kostanov and Petr Satral remained a pair, but moved up to No. 1 doubles. Ask paired with Rod Carey, while Bertha paired with Alex Robles.
UW went 1-1 on the weekend in the doubles point, taking down Illinois before falling to Northwestern.
Badgers lose first home match of the season
Wisconsin played its first Big Ten home matches of the season against No. 28 Michigan and Michigan State. The Badgers lost, 5-2, to Michigan Friday night before dropping a 6-1 decision to Michigan State Saturday, marking UW’s first home defeats of the season.
Wisconsin won the doubles point in both matches, but struggled in singles play. UW went one for seven in three-set matches on the weekend and was unable to earn the crucial points needed.
Andy Quirk was the only Badger able to earn a singles victory last week with a 6-0, 3-6, 7-5 victory over Michigan’s Alex Buzzi.
Fredrik Ask and Billy Bertha earned another victory over a ranked team with their 8-5 victory over No. 15 Evan King and Shaun Bernstein of Michigan. It was the pair's second win over a top-15 team this year, having defeated Georgia Tech's Kevin King and Juan Spir, the No. 2 team in the country, on Feb. 19.
Wisconsin dominates dual with Warhawks and Flames
The Wisconsin men’s tennis team overcame injuries to earn two, 7-0, sweeps, defeating UW-Whitewater and UIC.
The Badgers not only won all their matches, but they dominated the competition by not dropping a set.
Alexander Kostanov, Petr Satral, Rod Carey and Alex Robles all won four matches, two doubles and two singles, on Saturday. Kostanov and Satral paired to go undefeated at No. 1 doubles while Carey and Robles did the same at No. 2.
Freshman Jack Larsen also had a strong day as he earned three victories for the Badgers. Against UW-Whitewater, Larsen defeated Erik Scanlan 6-3, 6-2, at No. 5 singles. Larsen earned his other two victories against UIC. He won his doubles match over Maurizio Feoli and Alan Reifer, 8-4, with partner Fredrik Ask and his singles victory at No. 6 against Rahul Kamath, 6-0, 6-3.
Badger earn first win away from home
The Wisconsin men’s tennis team fell to No. 14 Fresno State (10-1), 4-3, but pulled out its first win away from home defeating the University of Idaho (8-6) at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center in Fresno, Calif.
Fresno State swept UW in doubles to take a 1-0 lead. Wisconsin evened the match at 1-1 when Andy Quirk defeated Reid DeLaubenfels 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6 singles. Fresno State then went on to win No. 3 and No. 4 singles to regain the lead, 3-1. The three remaining matches went into a third set. Wisconsin won two out of the three matches, but No. 17 Remi Boutillier defeated Alexander Kostanov, 6-0, in the third to clinch the match for the Bulldogs.
Against Idaho, the teams did not compete in doubles because Wisconsin clinched the match after singles play.
Petr Satral got the Badgers off to a quick start when he defeated Alan Shin 6-1, 6-3, at No. 4 singles for his first victory away from Nielsen this season. At No. 3 singles, Rod Carey kept the momentum in UW’s favor when he defeated Jose Bendeck, 6-4, 6-4. The Vandals earned their first point of the match after Cristobal Ramos-Salazar defeated Kostanov, 6-2, 7-5.
UW’s No. 1, Fredrik Ask, got the Badgers back on track and clinched their third point when he defeated Abid Akbar, 6-4, 7-5. Ask is now on a team-best six-match win streak. Quirk remained unbeaten on the season when he clinched the match for Wisconsin with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1, against Andrew Dobbs.
Wisconsin drops one point over weekend
The Wisconsin men’s tennis team earned its second shutout of the season with a 7-0 victory over Green Bay and then defeated Northern Illinois, 6-1, to cap an undefeated weekend at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium.
Against Green Bay the Badgers won two of the three doubles matches to earn the doubles point. Petr Satral and Alexander Kostanov defeated Craig Cox and Erik Finkenbrink, 8-6, at No. 2 doubles, and UW clinched the doubles point at No. 3 doubles when Alex Robles and Rod Carey defeated Michael Tebon and Paul Swanson, 9-8 (7-5).
Quinton Vega started the singles sweep for the Badgers with his 6-3, 6-3 victory over Tebon, and it was a big day for Kostanov who earned his first singles victory as a Badger with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Finkenbrink. Satral was the only Badger to play a third set. After winning the first set, 6-4, and dropping the second, 6-1, he played well in the match tiebreaker to win, 10-8, and complete the sweep for UW. Against Northern Illinois on Sunday, Wisconsin swept doubles for the fourth time this season. Vega and Kostanov won their first match as a doubles pair with an 8-4 victory and Fredrik Ask and Billy Bertha got back on track after being upset by Green Bay. They defeated Dor Amir and Axel Lagerlof 9-8 (7-1) to clinch the doubles point.
Andy Quirk, who stepped into the singles lineup because Petr Satral was out with an injury, took advantage of the opportunity and earned a 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 6 singles over Max Phillips. Bertha clinched the match for the Badgers with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Frederic Cadieux.Ask needed three sets to stretch his team best winning streak to four. He dropped the first set 6-4, but dominated the second and third sets, winning 6-1, 6-1.
Badgers defeat state-rival, Marquette, fall to border-rival, Minnesota
The Wisconsin men’s tennis team bounced back from a three-match losing streak this past Wednesday with a 5-2 victory over Marquette (5-4). UW was unable to extend the win streak though, losing a 6-1 decision to No. 35 Minnesota (4-3, 1-0) on Saturday.
Against Marquette the Badgers took a quick 3-1 lead by winning the doubles point and winning two of the first three singles matches.
Freshman Quinton Vega clinched the victory for UW with his first win as a Badger, defeating Cameron Tehrani 6-1, 4-6, 6-0.
“That was something that was waiting to happen,” Wisconsin head coach Greg Van Emburgh said. “I think his potential is there, and I was happy to see him get his first win and execute that match.”
It was a completely different story against Minnesota. It was only the second time this season UW lost the doubles point, and the first time they were swept in doubles.
At No. 1 doubles Billy Bertha and Fredrik Ask lost their first match of the season, 8-5, to No. 32 Rok Bonin and Julian Dehn. The loss ended a six-match winning streak to start the season for the Badger pair, leaving their record at 6-1 for the season.
Ask was the only Badger able to earn a singles victory Saturday. He got off to a strong start by winning the first set, 6-4, but dropped the second set, 6-1, to Phillip Arndt. In the match tiebreaker, Ask was able to win the big points and come up with a 10-7 victory to earn Wisconsin its lone point.
Badgers travel south
The Wisconsin’s men’s tennis team lost both its matches last weekend, falling at No. 68 Clemson, 6-1, and No. 29 Georgia Tech, 5-2. The losses dropped the Badgers to 2-3 on the season, though all three losses have come against ranked opponents.
UW won the doubles point in both matches but was unable to capitalize on the early lead.
Billy Bertha and Fredrik Ask remained unbeaten this season and extended their win streak to five by defeating No. 57 Yannick Maden and Zachary Rigsby of Clemson, 8-4, and Georgia Tech’s Kevin King and Juan Spir, the No. 2 doubles team in the country, 8-4.
Wisconsin struggled with singles over the weekend winning only one of 12 singles matches. The team stayed competitive though as five of the 11 matches went into a third set.
Badgers fall, 7-0, to Fighting Irish
The Wisconsin men’s tennis team (2-1) dropped its first match of the season, 7-0, to No. 30 Notre Dame (7-3) Friday afternoon in South Bend, Ind.
It was the Badgers' first road trip of the season, and they were unable to get off to a quick start at the Eck Tennis Pavilion. UW lost the doubles point after dropping both No. 2 and No. 3 doubles by scores of 8-5.
Junior Billy Bertha and sophomore Fredrik Ask were the only Badgers able to earn a victory after defeating Casey Watt and Niall Fitzgerald, 9-8 (7-5), at No. 1 doubles. The win preserved their unblemished doubles record and stretched their win total to three.
Wisconsin starts the year with a pair of wins
The Wisconsin men's tennis team opened the spring season at Nielsen Tennis Stadium by earning a 6-1 victory over Butler and a 7-0 win over Western Illinois.
The Badgers started the day against Butler, and junior Billy Bertha and sophomore Fredrik Ask got the team off to a strong start by defeating Billy Weldon and Austin Woldmoe, 8-3. Sophomores Rod Carey and Petr Satralwere the second team to finish. Carey forced the match into a tiebreak with an ace and the Badger pair closed out the match, 7-4.
In singles, Robles set the tone for the rest of the matches by throttling Pulok Bhattacharya 6-0, 6-1. Ask, who was feeding off Robles' victory, finished up shortly after with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Woldmoe. Bertha then clinched the match for Wisconsin with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Stephen McLoughilin.
Wisconsin started the match against Western Illinois with a 1-0 lead because the Fighting Leathernecks were only able to field five players due to injuries.
Carey and Satral clinched the doubles point with an 8-4 victory against Jim Capalbo and Ben Yue. Taking a 2-0 lead into singles, the Badgers quickly clinched the match with two 6-0, 6-0 victories by freshman Andy Quirk and redshirt freshman Austin Akers.
Fall season in review
The Wisconsin men's tennis team had eight different players compete in five tournaments during the 2011 fall season including one freshman, one transfer and six returning players.
During the fall season the Badgers posted an 82-67 (.550) record in both singles and doubles, but doubles is where the Badgers excelled.
Led by upperclassmen Billy Bertha and Alexander Kostanov, the Badgers recorded a combined doubles record of 50-26 (.658). Bertha and Kostanov posted a 7-3 fall record together largely due to their ability to gel and develop chemistry so early in the fall season.
“We’re both juniors and have experience playing college tennis,” Kostanov said. “We both have good serves and volleys as well. I am sure our doubles will be in optimal shape by January.”
Sophomore Alex Robles also played a large role in the strong record by posting a 5-2 mark with redshirt sophomore Alexander Teppert and a 4-1 record with fellow sophomore Fredrik Ask.
“In general I am playing a lot better than I did last season because I am used to playing indoors now,” Robles said. “Before coming to Wisconsin I had only lived in places where the most common surface was clay and, for someone that has never played indoors before, it takes some time getting used to.
I’ve also worked pretty hard during the offseason to get into good physical shape and that just contributes to my improvement. Lastly, I have improved my returns a lot, and that is something that definitely contributed to the improvement in my results.”
The Badgers will look to carry their doubles success into the spring season when the doubles point becomes crucial in dual matches because it is the first point awarded and sets the tone for the rest of the match.
“We’ve tried to spend some time on doubles in practice and make sure the guys are really taking it to heart because the doubles point means so much in the spring matches and conference matches,” head coach Greg Van Emburgh said. “I think spending time on it and having the right pairings, right now I don’t even know if we are sure where we want to be with our teams, so I consider doubles still a work in progress.
Last spring the Badgers went 10-3 in dual matches when winning the doubles point.
In singles this fall, the Badgers recorded a combined 39-37 (.513) record. Badger newcomers Kostanov and freshman Jack Larsen led the team with six fall wins by recording a 6-3 and 6-6 record, respectively setting the pace for the rest of the team.
“My first fall season I thought went really well,” Larsen said. “I feel like it could have gone better so I am still looking to keep improving in my game. Working hard on and off the court has helped my game a lot. I feel that I am in better shape and because of that I have more confidence in my game.”
Other Badgers who had a successful fall singles campaigns were Ask (5-5), Bertha (4-4) and Teppert who recorded four wins.
