Irish shutout Hoosiers 7-0 in tennis blowout

The men's tennis team traveled to South Bend on Monday with hopes of a big win, but instead it returned to Bloomington with its first loss of the season. Facing No. 13 Notre Dame, the No. 58 Hoosiers were swept, 7-0, losing each of the nine matches. \n"I am really, really disappointed," IU coach Ken Hydinger said. "We're better than this, and we didn't go out and fight."\nAfter winning all three doubles matches and, thus, earning the doubles point, the Irish had a lot of momentum going into the singles matches. At No. 5 singles, IU senior Arnaud Roussel was taken down quickly, losing 6-1, 6-1. Next off the court was No. 3 singles, where junior Thomas Richter fell 6-3, 6-4. \nNo. 1 singles player senior David Bubenicek, as well as juniors Dara McLoughlin and Mike McCarthy, all suffered their first singles defeats of the spring, each coming in straight sets. Bubenicek, ranked No. 48 by the ITA, lost 6-3, 7-5 at the hands of the nation's No. 14 player, senior Stephen Bass. At No. 2, McLoughlin also lost to a nationally ranked player, upended 6-3, 6-4 by No. 30 junior Sheeva Parbhu. At No. 4, McCarthy lost to sophomore Brett Helgeson, 6-3, 7-5. \nIn the last match to finish, IU sophomore Peter Antons dropped to 3-2 on the season. At No. 6, he was defeated by junior Andrew Roth in a three-set battle, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.\nSaid Hydinger of IU, now 4-1, "we can do better"