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Men's Tennis Loses 5-2 To Purdue
March 01, 2009 | Men's Tennis
MUNCIE, Ind. - The Ball State University men's tennis team dropped to 5-5 on the season after losing 5-2 to Big Ten foe Purdue Sunday afternoon at the Muncie YMCA Tennis Center. With the win Purdue improves to 4-7.
The Cardinals trailed early on in the match 1-0 after dropping the doubles point. No. 1 Ball State twosome of senior Jose Perdomo and sophomore Eduardo Pavia won their match over Purdue's Slavko Bijelica and Griff Nienberg, 8-7 (5).
Pavia captured a 7-6 (5), 6-1 victory over Branko Kuzmanovic at No. 2 sinlges. Pavia is now 6-3 on the season. Newcomer Cliff Morrison also won his match at No. 6 singles after posting a 7-5, 6-2 win over Nienberg.
The Ball State men's tennis team opens Mid-American Conference action at home Friday against Chicago State at 3 p.m. The Cardinals will also host Anderson in the night cap beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Purdue 5, Ball State 2
Doubles
No. 1 Jose Perdomo/Eduardo Pavia (BSU) def. Slavko Bijelica/Griff Nienberg, 8-7 (5)
No. 2 Jorge Rodriguez/Andres Monroy (BSU) lost to Branko Kuzmanovic/P.J. Rose, 8-2
No. 3 Shaun Bussert/Zane Smith (BSU) lost to Eric Ramos/Thomas Wilson, 8-4
Singles
No. 1 Perdomo (BSU) lost to Bijelica, 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 Pavia (BSU) def. Kuzmanovic, 7-6 (5), 6-1
No. 3 Rodriguez (BSU) lost to Ramos, 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 Monroy (BSU) lost to Rose, 6-4, 6-3
No. 5 Bussert (BSU) lost to Cabrinin, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 10-8
No. 6 Cliff Morrison (BSU) def. Nienberg, 7-5, 6-2
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
