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Michigan Tennis

October 31, 2006

Netters of past and present clash in A2

BY ANTHONY OLIVEIRA

The men's tennis team likes three things about Michigan.
The tradition, the team and football.
This weekend, the Wolverines took on the tradition in the annual homecoming alumni exhibition.
Seven alums returned to the Varsity Tennis Center, and a laid-back atmosphere surrounded them as they faced the current Michigan squad. But the young guns proved too much, grabbing three of four doubles matches.
The "alumni" notched their lone win when the mixed team of 2002 graduate Greg Novak and current sophomore Mike DePietro defeated senior Steve Peretz and freshman Matt Parks, 8-5.

October 17, 2006

Young Netters earn few wins but gain experience

BY ANTHONY OLIVEIRA

Most sports fans will say there are just two important stats: wins and losses.
But for the young Michigan men's tennis team, it's more valuable to play the game than win it.
Last weekend in Midland, Texas, sophomores Peter Aarts and Scott Bruckman and freshman George Rivas participated in the Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational. Unfortunately for Michigan, they weren't able to stay in the competition for long: None of them made it to the final day.

October 08, 2006

Angela Cesere

Terrific tandem reaches finals

BY KIRK SHEFFERLY

After putting up a strong showing at the Wolverine Invitational last weekend, the Michigan men's tennis team enjoyed another fine week of play, this time at the Polo Ralph Lauren All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla. Senior Brian Hung and junior Matko Maravic both competed in the singles main draw of the tournament, but the real story came in doubles action.
Hung and Maravic teamed up to make a run to the finals of the 32-team doubles main draw. The duo came into the tournament ranked fifth in the country and its performance certainly justified its ranking.

October 01, 2006

Angela Cesere

New season, same result

BY CHRIS MESZAROS

It was never in doubt that a Michigan women's tennis player would win the Wolverine Invitational.
It was just a matter of who it would be.
Sophomore Chisako Sugiyama fought to defend her 2005 Wolverine Invitational title against upstart freshman Tania Mahtani, but Sugiyama came out on top for her second straight title.

October 01, 2006

New coach aids Blue's NCAA aspirations

BY MICHAEL EISENSTEIN

They weren't rushing for forehands or diving for volleys, they appeared to be floating from shot to shot and getting to everything that came across the net.
At the Wolverine Invitational this past weekend, the difference in the Michigan men's tennis team's footwork and fitness was clear. And everyone is pointing to new assistant coach Sean Maymi and his unorthodox commitment to fitness training as the reason.

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