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Western Michigan
Men's Tennis Loses To MAC Rival Western Michigan
April 11, 2009 | Men's Tennis
MUNCIE, Ind. - The Ball State University men's tennis team suffered its first Mid-American Conference loss when it fell 5-2 to league rival Western Michigan Saturday evening at the Cardinal Creek Tennis Center. With the win WMU improves to 15-8 on the season and remains undefeated in the MAC. Ball State falls to 11-9 overall and 3-1 in league play.
The match was a hard fought battle as the Cardinals claimed the first doubles victory at No. 3. Senior Jorge Rodriguez and teammate freshman Derek Carpenter defeated Pablo Olivarez and Casey Cullen, 8-4. Ball State would drop its match at No. 1 and barely loss at No. 2 as the BSU twosome sophomore Eduardo Pavia and freshman Andres Monroy lost 9-8 (5).
In singles action the Cardinals won two of the six matches. Monroy posted a 7-5, 6-3 defeat against Cullen. Rodriguez would then win at No. 5 beating Olivarez 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (6).
The Ball State University men's tennis team will host Notre Dame Monday in non-conference action at 2 p.m.
Western Michigan 5, Ball State 2
Doubles
No. 1 Micael Calderone/Kazuya Komada (WMU) def. Jose Perdomo/Zane Smith (BSU) 8-6
No. 2 Kevin Hayward/Zeyad Montasser (WMU) def. Eduardo Pavia/Andres Monroy (BSU) 9-8 (5)
No. 3 Jorge Rodriguez/Derek Carpenter (BSU) def. Pablo Olivarez/Casey Cullen (WMU) 8-4
Singles
No. 1 Hayward (WMU) def. Pavia (BSU) 5-7, 7-5, 6-3
No. 2 Kazuya Komada (WMU) def. Jose Perdomo (BSU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 Calderone (WMU) def. Cliff Morrison (BSU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
No. 4 Andres Monroy (BSU) def. Cullen (WMU), 7-5, 6-3
No. 5 Jorge Rodriguez (BSU) def. Olivarez (WMU) 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (6)
No. 6 Zeyad Montasser (WMU) def. Shaun Bussert (BSU) 6-4, 6-7 (3), 7-6
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
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#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
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