Feb. 1, 1998

No. 21 Northwestern Defeats No. 23 Notre Dame, 5-2

'Cats Post Third-Consecutive Dual Match Victory

EVANSTON, Ill. -- The Northwestern men's tennis team, ranked No. 21 nationally, defeated No. 23 Notre Dame, 5-2, today at the Johnson Tennis Center. The 'Cats swept four of six singles matches and two doubles matches en route to the victory.

At No. 1 singles, senior Alex Witt, ranked No. 15 nationally, soundly defeated No. 16 Ryan Sachire 6-4, 6-4. The 1998 Big Ten Singles champion Marc Silva downed Jakub Pietrowski, 7-6, 6-3, at No. 2 singles. NU junior Doug Bohaboy (No. 3) and senior Ry Tarpley (No. 5) won their respective singles matches.

Northwestern's No. 1 doubles team of Witt and sophomore Martin Bengtsson, ranked No. 31 nationally, upset fifth-ranked Pietrowski and Brian Patterson, 9-8 (6).

The 'Cats travel to No. 15 Illinois on Feb. 8 at 1 p.m.

SINGLES RESULTS
#15 Alex Witt (NU) def. #16 Ryan Sachire (ND)       6-4, 6-4
#48 Marc Silva (NU) def. Jakub Pietrowski (ND)      7-6, 6-3
Doug Bohaboy (NU) def. Brian Patterson (ND)         6-2, 1-6, 6-3
Dan Rotschild (ND) def. Martin Bengtsson (NU)       6-2, 6-3
Ry Tarpley (NU) def. Eric Enloe (ND)                7-6 (4), 6-3
Andy Warford (ND) def. Brad Erickson (ND)           6-1, 6-4
DOUBLES RESULTS
#31 Witt/Bengtsson (NU) def. #5 Pietrowski/Patterson (ND)   9-8 (6)
Silva/Bohaboy (NU) def. Rotschild/Daly (ND)                 7-5
Sachire/Horsley (ND) def. Tarpley/Nguyen (NU)               8-0