Saturday, March 12
Evanston, Ill.
6:30 p.m.
Northwestern
7
vs
0
Detroit
Wildcats Run Winning Streak to 11
3/12/2016 8:25:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Box Score | Updated Season Stats
EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern ran its winning streak to 11 with a 7-0 shutout of Detroit Saturday night at the Combe Tennis Center.
The No. 11 Wildcats (14-1) swept doubles and won every singles match in straight sets to secure their second of two wins during the day's doubleheader.
Chicago's Big Ten Team downed No. 8 Illinois in a thriller earlier in the day.
The Wildcats mixed things up a little bit in doubles play, moving Alp Horoz and Mihir Kumar up to No. 2 and partnering Konrad Zieba with freshman Michael Lorenzini. The point was won pretty handily regardless, as Horoz and Kumar played to a 6-1 win and Fedor Baev and Strong Kirchheimer cruised to a 6-2 victory at No. 1 to clinch.
Kumar then raced to be done first in singles in just his second dual match appearance of the 2016 season. He won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 6 over Chance Conley to put the Wildcats up 2-0. Ben Vandixhorn followed with much less drama than his first match of the day, winning at No. 5 over Adam Zychowicz, 6-0, 6-1, to put Northwestern just one point away from the win.
Baev obliged with a dominating second set shutout to take his match at No. 3, 6-4, 6-0.
The rest of the Wildcats followed suit, cruising through of their second sets. No. 95 Kirchheimer moved up a spot in the lineup to No. 2 and won convincingly, 6-3, 6-1. No. 11 Zieba won 6-4, 6-1 at No. 1, and Horoz wrapped things up with a 6-2, 6-4 victory at No. 4.
Northwestern has some time off before traveling to Fort Worth, Texas, for a makeup contest against No. 3 TCU on March 22. That match will begin at noon CT.
#11 Northwestern 7, Detroit 0
Singles
No. 1 – #11 Konrad Zieba (NU) def. Patryk Koscielski (DET), 6-4, 6-1
No. 2 – #95 Strong Kirchheimer (NU) def. Nathan Ponton (DET), 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 – Fedor Baev (NU) def. Nicholas Solarewicz (DET), 6-4, 6-0*
No. 4 – Alp Horoz (NU) def. Ismail Kadyrov (DET), 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 – Ben Vandixhorn (NU) def. Adam Zychowicz (DET), 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 – Mihir Kumar (NU) def. Chance Conley (DET), 6-1, 6-0
Order of Finish: 6, 5, 3*, 2, 1, 4
Doubles
No. 1 – Baev/Kirchheimer (NU) def. Mertz/Conley (DET), 6-2*
No. 2 – Horoz/Kumar (NU) def. Koscielski/Solarewicz (DET), 6-1
No. 3 – Zieba/Lorenzini (NU) vs. Kadyrov/Ponton (DET), 3-3 (unfinished)
Order of Finish: 2, 1*
EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern ran its winning streak to 11 with a 7-0 shutout of Detroit Saturday night at the Combe Tennis Center.
The No. 11 Wildcats (14-1) swept doubles and won every singles match in straight sets to secure their second of two wins during the day's doubleheader.
Chicago's Big Ten Team downed No. 8 Illinois in a thriller earlier in the day.
The Wildcats mixed things up a little bit in doubles play, moving Alp Horoz and Mihir Kumar up to No. 2 and partnering Konrad Zieba with freshman Michael Lorenzini. The point was won pretty handily regardless, as Horoz and Kumar played to a 6-1 win and Fedor Baev and Strong Kirchheimer cruised to a 6-2 victory at No. 1 to clinch.
Kumar then raced to be done first in singles in just his second dual match appearance of the 2016 season. He won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 6 over Chance Conley to put the Wildcats up 2-0. Ben Vandixhorn followed with much less drama than his first match of the day, winning at No. 5 over Adam Zychowicz, 6-0, 6-1, to put Northwestern just one point away from the win.
Baev obliged with a dominating second set shutout to take his match at No. 3, 6-4, 6-0.
The rest of the Wildcats followed suit, cruising through of their second sets. No. 95 Kirchheimer moved up a spot in the lineup to No. 2 and won convincingly, 6-3, 6-1. No. 11 Zieba won 6-4, 6-1 at No. 1, and Horoz wrapped things up with a 6-2, 6-4 victory at No. 4.
Northwestern has some time off before traveling to Fort Worth, Texas, for a makeup contest against No. 3 TCU on March 22. That match will begin at noon CT.
#11 Northwestern 7, Detroit 0
Singles
No. 1 – #11 Konrad Zieba (NU) def. Patryk Koscielski (DET), 6-4, 6-1
No. 2 – #95 Strong Kirchheimer (NU) def. Nathan Ponton (DET), 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 – Fedor Baev (NU) def. Nicholas Solarewicz (DET), 6-4, 6-0*
No. 4 – Alp Horoz (NU) def. Ismail Kadyrov (DET), 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 – Ben Vandixhorn (NU) def. Adam Zychowicz (DET), 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 – Mihir Kumar (NU) def. Chance Conley (DET), 6-1, 6-0
Order of Finish: 6, 5, 3*, 2, 1, 4
Doubles
No. 1 – Baev/Kirchheimer (NU) def. Mertz/Conley (DET), 6-2*
No. 2 – Horoz/Kumar (NU) def. Koscielski/Solarewicz (DET), 6-1
No. 3 – Zieba/Lorenzini (NU) vs. Kadyrov/Ponton (DET), 3-3 (unfinished)
Order of Finish: 2, 1*
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