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HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i men's tennis team returned to action after nearly a five-week layoff, but were upended 5-2 by No. 39 Michigan on Thursday afternoon at the UH Tennis Complex. The Wolverines escaped with the doubles point, then won the first three singles finishes to win the match.
 
Michigan (7-4) headed into singles with the lead after a tie-break win on the two doubles court. Alex Petrone and Michael Zhu made quick work of the UH tandem of Carter Lam and Marcel Chan, but Jonathan Brooklyn and Danilo Casanova delivered a rousing 8-3 win over the 17^th-ranked Michigan pair of Barrett Franks and Alex Buzzi.
 
The doubles point then hinged on the two court result. Nils Schuhmann and David Schuster, despite never having their serve broken, went down early in the tiebreaker and never recovered.
 
The Wolverines wrapped up the match early in singles play, winning the first three finishes to earn the decisive fourth point and clinch the victory. With the match already decided, Brooklyn topped Vlad Stefan at the one for his second victory of the day and Schuhmann dropped a hard-fought match to Petrone 4-6, 7-5, (10-4).
 
The Rainbow Warriors (1-4) now hit the road for the second time this season. The 'Bows will play three matches in five days starting with Pepperdine on Tuesday, Mar. 11.
 
 
Michigan 5 Hawai'i 2

Doubles Results
Order of Finish: 3,1,2
1. Jonathan Brooklyn/Danilo Casanova (UH) def. No. 17 Barrett Franks/Alex Buzzi (UM), 8-7 (7-4)
2. No. 58 Shaun Bernstein/Kevin Wong (UM) def. Nils Schuhmann/David Schuster (UH), 8-3
3. Alex Petrone/Michael Zhu (UM) def. Carter Lam/Marcel Chan (UH), 8-2
 
Singles Results
Order of Finish:  6,3,4,5,1,2
1. Brooklyn (UH) def. Vlad Stefan (MU), 6-1, 7-5
2. No. 113 Petrone (MU) def. Schuhmann (UH), 4-6, 7-5, (10-4)
3. Bernstein (MU) def. Casanova (UH), 6-1, 6-2
4. Justin Rossi (MU) def. Chas Okamoto (UH), 6-4, 7-5
5. Schuster (UH) def. Buzzi (MU), 6-3, 6-4
6. Zhu (MU) def. Lam (UH), 6-0, 6-4