Although snow and wintry weather delayed the Michigan men's tennis team's bus on its way back from Champaign, nothing could stop the Wolverines over the weekend.
Four of Michigan's six competitors in the main draw won their first match.
Matt Wright had the most impressive first round match, a 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (7-4), 6-3 out-dueling of Northwestern's Alex Witt, the second seed in the draw.
After knocking out Witt, Wright then beat Wisconsin's John Thomsen in three sets before defeating 14th-seeded Tom Chicione from Minnesota in the round of 16, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. In the quarterfinals, Wright lost to 15th-seeded, Gavin Sontag of Illinois, the eventual champion of the main draw.
Other Michigan success came from Brook Blain and Will Farah.
Both Blain, who lost in the first round, and Farah, who bowed out in the second round of the main draw, survived until the semifinals in the consolation draw. Blain won his semifinal match against David Chang of Wisconsin in straight sets, before defaulting to Northwesterns' Ry Tarpley in the finals.
In his path to the semis, Blain defeated fifth-seeded Ben Gabler of Minnesota. Last year, Gabler lost to then Michigan senior Peter Pusztai in the championship game of the main draw.
Carrying on his older brother's success at the Big Ten singles championship, Miki Pusztai rattled off five straight wins in the No. 7 and No. 8 consolation bracket to capture the championship of that draw. In the finals, Pusztai dropped Wisconsin's Tony Pederson in three sets, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.