Ball State University Athletics
Men's Tennis Falls To Notre Dame
September 22, 2006 | Men's Tennis
NOTRE DAME, Ind. -- The Ball State men's tennis team opened play a day early before the 20th annual Tom Fallon Invitational hosted by the University of Notre Dame on Thursday night (Sept. 22). The impromptu match up resulted in a 1-3 loss for the Cardinals in doubles while also dropping the lone singles match of the night.
In doubles action the Cardinals No. 1 duo of Jarrod Epkey (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove) and Aaron Phillips (Effingham, Ill./Saint Anthony) fell 8-4 to the No. 36 ranked in the preseason ITA poll, Ryan Keckley and Sheeva Parbhu. At No. 2 doubles, BSU twosome Joe Epkey (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove) and Jorge Rodriguez (San Juan, Puerto Rico/San Ignacio) captured the 8-3 victory over the Irish's Brett Helgeson and Santiago Montoya. BSU dropped its No. 3 and No. 4 doubles against Notre Dame.
In the lone singles match, Irackli Akhvlediani of Notre Dame defeated Tetta Oyama (Shizauoka, Japan) of Ball State, 8-5.
Ball State will begin play at the Tom Fall Invitational on Friday morning (Sept. 23). The Cardinals will play singles matches against the Irish, Purdue and Western Michigan.
Ball State, Notre Dame
Singles
1. Irackli Akhvlediani (ND) def. Tetta Oyama, 8-5
Doubles
1. No. 36 Ryan Keckley/Sheeva Parbhu (ND) def. Jarrod Epkey/Aaron Phillips, 8-4
2. Joe Epkey/Jorge Rodriguez (BSU) def. Brett Helgeson/Santiago Montoya, 8-3
3. Barry King/Andrew Roth (ND) def. Jimmy Brannon/Joe Vallee, 8-0
4. Graham King/Takaski Yoshi (ND) def. Jose Perdomo/Bret Berryman, 8-5
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