The Wisconsin men's tennis team (1-5 Big Ten, 4-13 overall) lost 6-1 Sunday afternoon by No. 12 Minnesota.
In doubles, juniors Alex Kasarov and David Hippee took the No. 1 spot 9-8 against Minnesota's Clay Estes and Thomas Haug. The win makes the No. 30-ranked duo's overall record 14-2. At the No. 2, junior Scott Green and freshman Mark Weinig fell short to Avery Ticer and Eric Robertson 8-5. Senior Blake Baratz and frosh Ward Bortz dominated Aleksey Zharinov and Chris Wettengel 8-2 at the No. 3.
Wisconsin's success did not continue in the singles round, as Minnesota took every match. At No. 1, Kasarov fell short to Zharinov 7-6, 6-2. Hippee was defeated by Haug 6-3, 6-1. Baratz lost to Wettengel 6-1, 6-4. Green was stopped by Ticer 4-6, 6-3 (6-4). Bortz was defeated by Estes 6-2, 6-2. Weinig lost to Robertson 6-1, 6-1.
The team's loss came after a victory Saturday over Iowa.
After losing three straight matches, Wisconsin (2-4 Big Ten, 7-10 overall) came through with a conference win Sunday against the Iowa Hawkeyes, 4-3.
The Badgers swept the doubles, only giving up six points for all three matches.
Wisconsin found itself in a familiar situation after winning the doubles point, but managed to find the elusive third win in singles to change its fate.
Sophomore catcher Boo Gillette's two-run blast with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning and her sheer presence in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Badgers over Indiana, 4-3, for their second win in a Sunday double-header.
Wisconsin (2-4 Big Ten, 13-16 overall) also defeated the Hoosiers earlier in the day, 6-1.
The No. 2 Wisconsin women's lightweight eight led from start to finish to capture its third consecutive title at the San Diego Crew Classic Sunday in Mission Bay.
Under sunny skies, with temperatures in the upper-60s and a moderate cross wind, the Badgers posted a 1:46.94 over the first 500 and closed with a 1:45.29, the fastest 500 split of the race, to win the title by over 8.5 seconds. The Badgers, who defeated five other top-11 teams, won the race on the 2000-meter course in 7:07.76 with No. 6 Villanova second in 7:16.28. No. 3 Stanford was third in 7:16.50, followed by No. 5 Georgetown in 7:25.07, No. 10 San Diego State in 7:31.05 and No. 11 California in 7:35.34.
