May 01, 2000 (vol. 110, iss. 38) • Page Image 22
…22 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 1, 2000 Wolverines narrowly lose in BTT Bountiful Harvest-Wolverine Draftees. By Jeff Phillips Daity Sports Witer Tennis matches don't get any closer than the…
… go toe-to-toe with anyone in the top ten." After dropping the doubles point, the Wolverines pushed the Illini to the brink. Five of the six singles matches went to three sets - Michigan's Matt Wright…
… needed to win a second set tichreaker 10-8 against Graydon Oliver to send their match to a third set. Beam then lost the third set tiebreaker by an identical 10-8 score. Danny McCain was the only Wolverine…
… disappointing," Michigan sophomore Ben Cox said. The Wolverines split the other three- set matches, with Cox winning at No. 5 singles and Zach Held losing at No. 6. "We will try and get past (the loss)," Cox…
… said, "but it will take awhile." Although it is probably no consolation for the Wolverines, their loss came to the eventual tournament champions. Yesterday, Illinois captured the Big Ten Championship…
… title by defeating Minnesota, 4-1. On Friday, Michigan avenged a previ- ous loss to Purdue by pounding the Boilermakers 4-1. The final two singles matches were abandoned after the Wolverines had clinched…
… the victory. "I am very proud of the way the guys played against Purdue," Mees said. After the Wolverines won the doubles point, Wright defeated the first of two top-35 opponents by cruising to a…
… straight-set victory against the Boilennakers' Jason Marshall. Henty Beam and Ben Cox picked up the other wins for the Wolverines in straight sets. The last time Michigan faced Purdue, the Wolverines played…