Jan. 29, 2012

 

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The No. 33 University of Miami men’s tennis team earned its third victory of the season as they defeated No. 55 New Mexico in a tight 4-3 match in the consolation round at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend event at the University of Florida.

Miami, who is coming off a tough loss to No. 41 Wake Forest yesterday, won three singles matches and two of the doubles matches against the Lobos.

“I’m proud of our guys for bouncing back after a tough lost yesterday,” said Head Coach Mario Rincon. “New Mexico gave us all we could handle today.”

The Canes got off to a great start in doubles play as the team of Wilfredo Gonzalez and Omar Aly defeated the No. 16 ranked doubles team of Jadon Phillips and Phil Anderson 8-3. Victor Mauz and Henrique Tsukamoto clinched the doubles point for Miami when they won 9-8 (6) against Carl Ho and James Hignett.

Gonzalez, Tsukamoto and sophomore Diego Soto added the Canes three singles victories. Gonzalez defeated Ben Dunbar in straight sets 6-1 and 7-5. Soto also won in straight sets as he was victorious over Carl Ho 6-3 and 6-3.

Freshman Henrique Tsukamoto ultimately clinched the match when he defeated Phil Anderson in three sets, 6-3, 4-6 and 6-1.

“Henrique finished strong, clinching the match in the third,” continued Rincon. “Wilfredo had a great day in singles and doubles while Diego played well with a lot of energy as always.”

Below are the complete results from Sunday’s match against New Mexico. Miami hits the court again next Sunday at 11 a.m. with a match against Rice in Houston, Texas.

Complete Results

Doubles:

Wilfredo Gonzalez/Omar Aly (UM) def. No. 16 Jadon Phillips/Phil Anderson (NM)8-3

Ben Dunbar/Conor Berg (NM) def. Gabriel Flores/Diego Soto (UM) 8-3

Henrique Tsukamoto/Victor Mauz (UM) def. Carl Ho/James Hignett (NM) 9-8 (6)

 

Singles:

No. 81 Jadon Phillips (NM) def. Omar Aly (UM) 6-3, 6-4

Wilfredo Gonzalez (UM) def. Ben Dunbar (NM) 6-1, 7-5

Henrique Tsukamoto (UM) def. Phil Anderson (NM) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1

Conor Berg (NM) def. Victor Mauz (UM) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1

Diego Soto (UM) def. Carl Ho (NM) 6-3, 6-3

Mads Hegelund (NM) def. Mark Schanerman (UM) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2