Michigan State University
Iowa
Men's Tennis Drops Match To Iowa, 5-2
4/14/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 14, 2001
IOWA CITY, Iowa- The Michigan State men's tennis team fell to Iowa, 5-2, in Iowa City on Saturday, April 14. Although Michigan State lost the doubles point, the Spartans won two of the six singles matches.
At the No. 3 position, MSU sophomore Adam Hourani (Lansing) defeated Iowa's Petar Mandic, 6-0, 6-4, 7-6. Also winning a match for the Spartans was freshman Mike Hodge (Grand Rapids), who defeated Tom Buetikofer, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 at the No. 6 position.
Michigan State sophomore Goran Topalo (Prague/Czech Rep.) and sophomore Jimmy McGuire (Columbus, Ohio) both took their respective singles matches to three sets before falling to their opponents.
The Spartans next competition will be against Purdue at home on Saturday, April 21 at 12 p.m.
Iowa def. Michigan State, 5-2.
Singles Results #1 Tyler Cleveland (Iowa) def. Eric Simonton (MSU) 6-0, 6-4 #2 Stuart Waters (Iowa) def. Goran Topalo (MSU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 #3 Adam Hourani (MSU) def. Petar Mandic (Iowa) 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 #4 Jake Wilson (Iowa) def. Jimmy McGuire (MSU) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 #5 Hunter Skogman (Iowa) def. Mike Jonckheere (MSU) 6-3, 6-4 #6 Mike Hodge (MSU) def. Tom Buetikofer (Iowa) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
Doubles Results #1 Cleveland/Water (Iowa) def. Topalo/Simonton (MSU) 8-5 #2 Mandic/Buetikofer (Iowa) def. Hourani/Jonckheere (MSU) 8-5 #3 Skogman/Pete Rose (Iowa) def. Rodrigo Abucham/Jason Chen (MSU), 8-4
