MEMPHIS – The Memphis men's tennis team (2-1) suffered its first loss of the season at No. 10 Northwestern (5-0) in first round action at the ITA Kick Off Weekend. Memphis will now face No. 18 Stanford in the consolation side of the bracket at 10 a.m.
Northwestern used wins at one and two doubles to take a 1-0 lead. That lead stretched to 2-0 when Sam Shropshire downed , 6-3, 6-2, at three singles. That left Tigers and fighting to hold off the team point.
Pallares had dropped his first set, 6-4, but had fought back to 5-5 in the second set.