Feb. 11, 2001
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — The 30th-ranked Notre Dame men’s tennis team swept the doubles and lost just one set in singles to defeat Iowa 7-0 on Sunday at the Eck Tennis Pavilion. Senior Matt Daly and junior James Malhame clinched the doubles point at No. 3 doubles, and freshman Matthew Scott won at No. 5 singles record the decisive singles match. The Irish improve to 4-2 with the win and travel to Michigan State for a 4:00 p.m. match on Thursday.
Junior Casey Smith and freshman Luis Haddock-Morales won 8-4 at No. 2 doubles for the first doubles match. Daly and Malhame then won the final four games at No. 3 doubles to beat Pete Rose and Hunter Skogman 8-6. The 38th-ranked team of juniors Javier Taborga and Aaron Talarico rallied from 5-7 to beat Tyler Cleveland and Stuart Waters 9-7 at No. 1 doubles.
Notre Dame took a 4-0 lead in winning three straight-set matches at Nos. 4-6 singles. Sophomore Brian Farrell won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 4 singles over Skogman, while junior Andrew Laflin defeated Rose 6-3, 6-0 at No. 6 singles. Scott’s 6-0, 6-1 win over Kozlowski at No. 5 singles proved to be the clinching win.
Taborga then downed Waters 6-2, 6-3 at No. 2 singles, before Smith held off Cleveland 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 at No. 1 singles. Smith trailed 3-0 in the tiebreaker before winning seven of the last nine points and led 5-1 in the third set before Cleveland pulled within 5-4. Cleveland saved four match points with Smith serving at 1-5 and two match points at 3-5 only to lose serve at 4-5. Haddock-Morales completed the 7-0 win by rallying for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Petar Mandic at No. 3 singles.
#30 NOTRE DAME 7, IOWA 0
Singles
No. 1: #95 Casey Smith (ND) def. Tyler Cleveland (I) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
No. 2: #75 Javier Taborga (ND) def. Stuart Waters (I) 6-2, 6-3
No. 3: Luis Haddock-Morales (ND) def. Petar Mandic (I) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 4: Brian Farrell (ND) def. Hunter Skogman (I) 6-1, 6-0
No. 5: Matthew Scott (ND) def. Eric Kozlowski (I) 6-0, 6-1
No. 6: Andrew Laflin (ND) def. Pete Rose (I) 6-3, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1: #38 Taborga/Talarico (ND) def. Cleveland/Waters (I) 9-7
No. 2: CHaddock-Morales/Smith (ND) def. Tom Buetikofer/Kozlowski (I) 8-4
No. 3: Matt Daly/James Malhame (ND) def. Rose/Skogman (I) 8-6