Northwestern
Oregon
'Cats Down Ducks, 6-1
2/19/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
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Feb. 19, 2005
EVANSTON, Ill. - Four Wildcats recorded victories in both singles and doubles Saturday night against 56th-ranked Oregon, driving Northwestern to a 6-1 win over the Ducks. The `Cats swept the three doubles matches and won every singles match but one to improve to 6-4 overall. The loss dropped Oregon to 7-4.
Senior Chuck Perrin, junior Adam Schaechterle and sophomores Willy Lock and Christian Tempke each posted singles and doubles wins.
At No. 2 doubles, Schaechterle and senior Tommy Hanus had little trouble with Swinnen and Liao, winning 8-4 to improve their team-leading duals mark to 8-2. The duo has won four of their last five matches.
With a 7-6 lead at the No. 3 spot, Hoeveler screamed an ace across the court to bring it to match point. Lock then slammed the next point home for the duo's second-consecutive win to get to 2-1 on the season.
The Wildcats' No. 1 doubles team -- Perrin and Tempke -- fell behind 4-2, but battled back to win 8-5, improving to 3-4 in duals.
It was the second sweep of doubles competition for the `Cats -- the first coming in their season-opening 5-2 win over DePaul.
Tempke got the `Cats on the board in singles by improving his dual mark to 4-6 with a dominating, 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 3. Sophomore Matt Christian made quick work of his opponent as well, with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Pickard.
Hanus fought through a sore shoulder against the nation's 16th-ranked Sven Swinner, but fell short, losing 6-4, 6-4.
The `Cats won the remaining three matches from there though, with Schaechterle supplying the clincher at No. 5.
After Perrin closed out his straight-set win (7-6, 6-4), Lock recorded his team-leading eighth dual victory with a grueling win in three sets.
The sophomore dropped the first set 6-2, but regained his composure in the second with a 6-3 win. He then seemed to have things locked up with a 5-3 lead in the third set, but let Spencer back in to tie it up 5-5. Spencer took the serve and quickly put Lock in a 6-5 hole.
Lock held serve to move to a tie-breaker though where he saved his best for last. The speedy sophomore chased down a dying drop shot from Spencer towards the sideline. Lock stretched out and hit a cross-court winner just before banging into a couple of chairs on the sideline. His teammates erupted at the sight of the circus shot, propelling Lock to win in the tie-breaker 8-6
Northwestern will reopen conference action at Michigan Saturday, Feb. 26.
Northwestern 6, Oregon 1
Doubles
No. 1 - Perrin/Tempke (NU) def. Swinnen/Bieri (OR), 8-5
No. 2 - Hanus/Schaechterle (NU) def. Swinnen/Liao (OR), 8-4
No. 3 - Hoeveler/Lock (NU) def. Pino/Bieri (OR), 8-6
Singles
No. 1 - #16 Sven Swinner (OR) def. Tommy Hanus (NU), 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 - Chuck Perrin (NU) def. Thomas Bieri (OR), 7-6, 6-4
No. 3 - Christian Tempke (NU) def. Chad Wilson (OR), 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 - Willy Lock (NU) def. Arron Spencer (OR), 2-6, 6-3, 7-6
No. 5 - Adam Schaechterle (NU) def. Vladimir Pino (OR) 7-6, 6-4
No. 6 - Matt Christian (NU) def. Eric Pickard (OR), 6-4, 6-1
Finish order for doubles: 2, *3, 1
Finish order for singles: 3, 6, 1, *5, 2, 4
* denotes clincher
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