Jan. 21, 1997

No. 15 Notre Dame Too Strong For Improved Badgers

MADISON, Wis. - No. 15 Notre Dame captured the doubles point in a tie-break and won four of six singles matches to defeat Wisconsin 5-2 at the Nielsen Tennis Center.

The Badger doubles team of Jeff Malik and Tony Pederson could not hold serve at 6-5 as Ryan Sachive and Trent Miller rallied to a 7-6 (3) victory that sparked the Fighting Irish to the team win.

Results

Singles
No. 1 - Jakub Pietrowski (ND) def. Mike Goldstein (UW) 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 - Ryan Sachive (ND) def. Jeff Malik (UW) 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 - John Thomsen (UW) def. Ryan Simme (ND) 6-4, 7-5
No. 4 - Brian Patterson (ND) def. David Chang (UW) 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 - Dan Rothschild (ND) def. David Schumacher (UW) 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 - David Sacks (UW) def. Trent Miller (ND) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles
No. 1 - Pietrowski/Patterson (ND) def. Thomsen/Chang (UW) 8-5
No. 2 - Goldstein/Schumacher (UW) def. Simme/Rothschild (ND) 8-5
No. 3 - Sachive/Miller (ND) def. Malik/Pederson (UW) 7-6 (3)