April 4, 1998

The Wildcat men’s tennis team, ranked No. 14 nationally, downed Big Ten rival Indiana, 5-2 in Bloomington. The ‘Cats won five of six singles matches en route to the win.

Junior Marc Silva, ranked No. 21, won his 17th-consecutive match with a 6-3, 7-6, win over Gabriel Montilla at No. 2 singles. At No. 1 singles, senior Alex Witt, who is 16th nationally, downed Derek Pope in straight sets (6-2, 6-4). Junior Doug Bohaboy, NU’s third nationally-ranked player at 63rd, also defeated Indiana’s Scott Lippitt in straight sets (6-3, 7-6).

Northwestern now stands at 9-3 overall and 2-1 in Big Ten action.

SINGLES#16 Alex Witt (NU) def. Derek Pope              6-2, 6-4 #21 Marc Silva (NU) def. Gabriel Montilla       6-3, 7-6 #63 Doug Bohaoby (NU) def. Scott Lippitt        6-3, 7-6 Ry Tarpley (NU) def. George McGill              3-6, 7-5, 6-0 Martin Bengtsson (NU) def. Andrew Held          3-6, 7-6, 6-4 Ian Arons (IU) def. Derrick Nguyen              4-6, 6-4, 6-2 

DOUBLESMontilla/Pope (IU) def. #17 Bengtsson/Witt 8-6 Lippitt/Held (IU) def. Bohaboy/Nguyen 8-6 Ricardo Jordan/Brenden Storey (IU) def. Silva/Tarpley 8-6

–Lisa JusickNorthwestern Universityl-juscik@nwu.edu