Wisconsin Tennis Splits Weekend After Late Collapse in Tennessee

The Badgers split two matches over two days and still have no road win this season.

Wisconsin ran its record to 6-6 overall and 0-1 in Big Ten play with a 6-1 win over Pennsylvania at Nielsen Tennis Center on Friday, Oct. 17. The Quakers came in 4-7, and the Badgers had never beaten them before. Wisconsin took the doubles point, then won five of six singles matches. Senior Josef Dodridge and junior Osgar O'Hoisin took their No. 1 doubles match 6-1 and remain unbeaten as a pair this season.

Wisconsin then traveled to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on Saturday, Oct. 18, to face Middle Tennessee State, which entered 10-2 with five shutouts and no home losses. The Badgers took the doubles point behind wins from O'Hoisin and Dodridge and from Chema Carranza and Jesper Freimuth. Daniel Soyfer won his singles match to move to 10-0 in singles this season, and Dodridge tied the match at 3-3 with a 7-6, 6-1 result.

That left the No. 2 singles match to decide it. Carranza dropped the first set in a tiebreak, won the second 6-1, and led 5-4 in the third. Tom Moonen took the last three games to win 7-5 and give Middle Tennessee State the match. Head coach Danny Westerman told UWBadgers.com, "This one stings. We need to keep working. We put ourselves in these situations so we can eventually get over the hump."

Wisconsin hosts Cornell and UW-Green Bay in a Sunday doubleheader at Nielsen Tennis Center on Oct. 25.