Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Score: #23 Michigan 4, #24 Illinois 0
Records: U-M (13-8, 7-2 B1G), Illinois (12-7, 5-3 B1G)
Next U-M Event: Sunday, April 6 – vs. Northwestern (Varsity Tennis Center), Noon

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The No. 23-ranked University of Michigan men’s tennis team cruised to a 4-0 win over No. 24 Illinois on Friday (April 4) at the Varsity Tennis Center.

The Wolverines won the doubles point for the fourth consecutive match. At No. 2, Patorn Hanchaikul and Benjamin Kittay started off breaking serve and won another break point as the duo closed on a three-game win streak. Will Cooksey and Alex Cairo recorded their third straight doubles win as the pair won the final three games to win a 6-3 match at No. 3.

Nicholas Steiglehner picked up the first singles win as he put up back-to-back 6-4 sets over Mathis Debru at No. 6.

Hanchaikul quickly made it 3-0, defeating Zach Viiala in straight sets 6-1, 6-3.

Gavin Young clinched the team win with a victory at No. 1, his third match clincher of the season, taking down No. 16-ranked Kenta Miyoshi. It is his sixth win over a ranked opponent this season and marks the highest-ranked opponent he has defeated this season. In the first set, Young broke Miyoshi on a deuce point to take a 4-3 advantage and used it en route to a 6-4 first set. After the back-and-forth second set went into a tiebreaker, Young dominated, taking a 3-0 lead and finishing 7-2 for the 7-6 finish.

On Sunday (April 6), the Wolverines will honor Cooksey, Hanchaikul and Young on Senior Day before their noon match with Northwestern at the Varsity Tennis Center.

Following are match-by-match results

Singles
No. 1 – No. 79 Gavin Young (U-M) d. No. 16 Kenta Miyoshi (Illinois), 6-4, 7-6 (2)
No. 2 – No. 83 Will Cooksey (U-M) vs. No. 64 William Mroz (Illinois), 7-6 (6), 3-6 abandoned
No. 3 – No. 82 Benjamin Kittay (U-M) vs. Jeremy Zhang (Illinois), 3-6, 6-3, 3-2 abandoned
No. 4 – Bjorn Swenson (U-M) vs. Tyler Bowers (Illinois), 4-6, 6-4, 1-1 abandoned
No. 5 – Patorn Hanchaikul (U-M) d. Zach Viiala (Illinois), 6-1, 6-3
No. 6 – Nicholas Steiglehner (U-M) vs. Mathis Debru (Illinois), 6-4, 6-4

Doubles
No. 1 – Gavin Young/Bjorn Swenson (U-M) vs. Kenta Miyoshi/Tyler Bowers (Illinois), 4-5 abandoned
No. 2 – Benjamin Kittay/Patorn Hanchaikul (U-M) d. William Mroz/Zach Viiala (Illinois), 6-2
No. 3 – Will Cooksey/Alex Cairo (U-M) d. Mathis Debru/Jeremy Zhang (Illinois), 6-3

Order of Completion: Doubles 2-3, Singles 6-5-1

URBANA — Chancellor Robert Jones and Provost John Coleman announced by email on Thursday that the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign will not strike sensitive words or phrases from websites under pressure from the federal government. Instead, administrators will help departments add language stating its activities are inclusive and “open to all.”

The letter also said U of I administrators are reviewing scholarships, awards and events but not curriculum or research .

“We are still maintaining those programs, but we are being responsible and looking at those where language may need to change in order to send a strong message that we are open to all,” Jones told IPM News on Friday.

President Donald Trump has been pushing universities to drop diversity, equity and inclusion or DEI programs, arguing that initiatives like the Ph.D. Project violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by limiting eligibility based on race.

Jones said the idea that DEI programs are exclusive is a misperception.

“That’s what a lot of this is all about — the sense that some of these programs are exclusive or inclusive only of a certain racial group,” he explained. “We’re making those kinds of changes, but we have no intention of just backing away from our value proposition of diversity, equity and inclusion.”

Jones said the purpose of a land grant university like the University of Illinois is to provide education to the masses and the underserved, regardless of their skin color, gender or race. He said he does not foresee the university ending its DEI programs, because U of I is clear about that land grant mission.

Jones also said that complying with the law is different from complying with executive orders. 

“As a public entity, we will always abide by the law, but I remind people that there is the law is not necessarily a binary situation,” he added. “That’s why there’s so much litigation going on, because some of these executive orders are not necessarily lawful and are potentially detrimental to the mission of universities like ours.”

More of Jones’ comments will be shared later this month on the 21st Show and WILL-TV in May. 

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