Arkansas men swept by Northwestern

The University of Arkansas men’s team (5-1) suffered its first loss of the spring season on Saturday, falling 4-0 to Northwestern (4-1) at the ITA Kickoff in Ann Arbor, Mich.

The Arkansas tandem of Jakob Mosvold and Gerare Planelles Ripoll fell early in a 6-2 loss, then Melvin Manuel and Stefanos Savva fell 7-5 to give the Wildcats the doubles point. Planelles Ripoll lost his first singles match of the season, falling 7-6 (6), 6-4, while Savva lost 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 and Adrien Burdet lost 7-5, 6-4.