Men's Tennis Captures 6-1 Victory At Buffalo

Friday, April 3

Buffalo, NY

5 p.m.

Ball State University

Buffalo

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April 03, 2009 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

By: Ball State Athletics

BUFFALO, NY - The Ball State University men's tennis team improved to 10-8 overall and 2-0 in Mid-American Conference after pulling off a 6-1 defeat at Buffalo Friday night at the South Towns Tennis Center.

Despite falling behind early after losing the doubles point to Buffalo, the Cardinals rebounded with a sweep in singles action winning all six of their matches to claim the victory.

Freshman Cliff Morrison started Ball State off with the first win in singles play after defeating Alex Kalinin 6-4, 6-3 at No. 3. Senior Jose Perdomo then pulled off a three set upset at No. 1 over Marcelo Mazzetto, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. Sophomore Eduardo Pavia followed by teammates freshman Andres Monroy, senior Jorge Rodriguez and sophomore Shaun Bussert would round out the four remaining matches to clinch the win for the Cardinals.

With Morrison's victory he improved to 13-3 on the season which is the best overall mark out of all the Cardinals.

The Ball State University men's tennis team continues league action on the road when it travels to Toledo Sunday. The match is set for a 1 p.m. start.

Ball State 6, Buffalo 1

Doubles
1 Marcelo Mazzetto/Kirill Kolomyts (UB) d. Eduardo Pavia/Jorge Rodriguez (BSU), 8-3
2 Jose Perdomo/Zane Smith (BSU) d. Octavian Stane/Mitch Zenaty (UB), 8-1
3 Guilherme Smaniotto/Alex Kalinin (UB) d. Shaun Bussert/Derek Carpenter (BSU), 9-7
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3

Singles
1 Jose Perdomo (BSU) d. Marcelo Mazzetto (UB), 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
2 Eduardo Pavia (BSU) d. Kirill Kolomyts (UB), 6-4, 7-6 (4)
3 Cliff Morrison (BSU) d. Alex Kalinin (UB), 6-4, 6-3
4 Andres Monroy (BSU) d. Kristof Custers (UB), 6-4, 6-0
5 Jorge Rodriguez (BSU) d. Octavian Stane (UB), 6-2, 7-5
6 Shaun Bussert (BSU) d. Tiago Gandum (UB), 6-1, 6-3
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6