The Michigan men's tennis team is playing its first match of the season in the All-American Tournament in Austin, Texas. So far, the squad is more than holding its own.
"I am very pleased with the day, our guys beat a lot of good players," Michigan coach Brian Eisner said.
Saturday, three Michigan players won their first two rounds of singles. Michigan's Will Farah defeated Kolie Van Zyl of Alabama Birmingham, 6-7, 6-3, 6-3, before beating Jon Pontikas of Texas-San Antonio, 6-3, 6-3. Michigan's Matt Wright downed both Ron Hamdan of Nebraska, 6-2, 6-1 and Dan Healey of Mississippi State, 6-2, 6-3. Michigan's Henry Beam cruised in his first-round match against T.S. Ahrend of East Central, 6-0, 6-0, and then destroyed Fank Tadej of Georgia State 6-4, 6-0.
Michigan's Brad McFarlane won his three-set match against Matt Bender of Wichita State, 1-6, 6-3, 6-1. But McFarlane lost his second-round match to Bruno Puzzi of Southwest Louisiana, 7-5, 6-1. Michigan's Ben Cox beat Todd Petty of Texas-San Antonio, 6-1, 6-4, and lost to Jose Lieberman of Miami (Fla.), 6-4, 6-4.
Nonetheless, Cox's close match with Lieberman was impressive because Lieberman is a top-ranked junior-level player.
Michigan's Danny McCain lost to Ron Aranburo of Texas A&M, 6-2, 6-2, and Michigan's Jake Raiton lost to Joey Michalsky of Baylor, 6-3, 6-4.
Michigan was even more successful in doubles matches, going four-for-four on the first day.
10-12-98
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