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Men's Tennis Loses At Northwestern 6-1
February 15, 2009 | Men's Tennis
Evanston, Ill. - The Ball State University men's tennis team (4-3) fell to Big Ten foe Northwestern (8-0) 6-1 Sunday afternoon at Combe Tennis Center.
The Cardinals came close to winning two doubles matches but dropped them both to Wildcats. The BSU twosome of sophomore Shaun Bussert and freshman Zane Smith lost 9-8 (7-5) to Andrew McCarthy and Alexander Thams. Sophomore Eduardo Pavia paired up with Andres Monroy but lost 9-7 to Alex Sanborn and Joshua Graves.
In singles action the lone Cardinal to win a match was Pavia who captured a 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 victory over Tobias Reitz. With the win Pavia improved to 5-2 on the season.
The Ball State University men's tennis team hosts Valparaiso and Michigan State Saturday at the Muncie YMCA Tennis Center. The match against Michigan State begins at Noon followed by Valparaiso at 6 p.m.
Northwestern 6, Ball State 1
Feb. 15, 1009 at Evanston, Ill. (Combe Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. Marc Dwyer (NU) def. Jose Perdomo (BS) 7-5, 3-6, 10-7
2. Eduardo Pavia (BS) def. Tobias Reitz (NU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
3. Alexander Thams (NU) def. Jorge Rodriguez (BS) 6-4, 6-3
4. Alex Sanborn (NU) def. Andres Monroy (BS) 6-4, 6-2
5. Eric Spector (NU) def. Shaun Bussert (BS) 6-2, 6-4
6. Joshua Graves (NU) def. Cliff Morrison (BS) 6-3, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Tobias Reitz/Marc Dwyer (NU) def. Jose Perdomo/Jorge Rodriguez (BS) 8-4
2. Alex Sanborn/Joshua Graves (NU) def. Eduardo Pavia/Andres Monroy (BS) 9-7
3. Andrew McCarthy/Alexander Thams (NU) def. Shaun Bussert/Zane Smith (BS) 9-8 (7-5)
Match Notes
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (5,3,6,4,1,2)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2,3
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
5,3,6,4,1,2
