Men's Tennis Falls to Louisiana Lafayette in Semifinals of Boise State Invitational
March 24, 2006 | Men's Tennis
To begin the outing, senior Matt Baccarani teamed with junior Joe Epkey for an 8-5 win over Louisiana Lafayette's Robin Ley and Shaun Ellison at the top doubles spot. Meanwhile, the brother duo of Tony and Jarrod Epkey paired up for an easy 8-1 victory at the No. 2 position over Evghenii Corduneanu and Arlen Domoney.
Pulling through for the Cardinals' lone singles win was senior Patrick Thompson, who took down his opponent -- Dusan Tabak -- 6-4, 4-6, 10-8 at the No. 4 slot.
The BSU squad moves to 13-5 overall as it enters its final match of the Boise State Invitational. The Cardinals will battle for third place when they take on the loser of No. 23 Boise State versus No. 34 South Alabama Saturday at 11 a.m.
Louisiana, Lafayette 5, Ball State 2
March 24, 2006
Appleton Tennis Center
Doubles
1. Baccarani/Joe Epkey, Ball State def. Ley/Ellison, ULL 8-5
2. Tony Epkey/Jarrod Epkey, Ball State def. Corduneanu/Domoney, ULL 8-1
3. Singh/Tabak, ULL def. Thompson/Vallee, Ball State 8-5
Singles
1. Evghenii Corduneanu, ULL def. Matt Baccarani, Ball State 6-3, 6-4
2. Amanjot Singh, ULL def. Joe Epkey, Ball State 6-3, 7-6
3. Robin Ley, ULL def. Tony Epkey, Ball State 6-1, 6-4
4. Patrick Thompson, Ball State def. Dusan Tabak, ULL 6-4, 4-6, 10-8
5. Shaun Ellison, ULL def. Jarrod Epkey, Ball State 6-4, 6-1
6. Arlen Domoney, ULL def. Jose Perdomo, Ball State 5-7, 6-0, 6-0