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Men's Tennis Loses at No. 59 Northwestern
January 17, 2011 | Men's Tennis
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Ball State University men's tennis team opened its season with a 6-1 loss at Big Ten foe No. 59 Northwestern Sunday afternoon at the Combe Tennis Center.
The Cardinals fell behind 1-0 to the Wildcats after dropping the doubles point. Despite losing doubles the Ball State twosome of Andres Monroy and Cliff Morrison captured an 8-2 victory at the No. 2 spot over NU's Tobia Reitz and Raleigh Smith.
Morrison was the lone Cardinals to win in singles play after defeating Spencer Wolf, 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7) at the No. 3 slot.
The Ball State University men's tennis team will host IPFW and Eastern Illinois in a double header Sunday at the Muncie YMCA Tennis Center. The match versus IPFW will begin at 1 p.m. and the evening competition against Eastern Illinois will start at 6 p.m.
No. 59 Northwestern 6, Ball State 1
Singles:
1: Joshua Graves (NU) def. Dalton Albertin (BSU), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
2: Sidarth Balaji (NU) def. Zane Smith (BSU), 6-4, 6-2
3: Cliff Morrison (BSU) def. Spencer Wolf (NU), 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7)
4: Tobias Reitz (NU) def. Alex Brym (BSU), 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
5: Andrew McCarthy (NU) def. Andres Monroy (BSU), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
6: Raleigh Smith (NU) def. Austin Sansone (BSU), 6-2, 6-2
Doubles:
1: Graves/Wolf (NU) def. Albertin/Smith (BSU), 8-3
2: Monroy/Morrison (BSU) def. Reitz/Smith (NU), 8-2
3: McCarthy/Balaji (NU) def. Sansone/Bussert (BSU), 8-3
Order of Finish
Singles: (6, 2, 1, 3, 4, 5) Doubles: (2, 1, 3)
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
