Men's Tennis Advances to Semifinals of MAC's

Thursday, April 28

Kalamazoo, Mich.

TBA

Ball State University

No. 5 Northern Illinois

Men?s Tennis Announce Ball State Invitational Draws

April 28, 2011 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

By: Ball State Athletics

KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The No. 4 Ball State University men's tennis team claimed a 4-0 victory over No. 5 Northern Illinois Thursday afternoon at the West Hills Athletic Club advancing the Cardinals to the semi-finals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament Championships.

BSU took the early 1-0 edge over the Huskies after winning the doubles point. Shaun Bussert teamed up with Austin Sansone at No. 3 doubles taking the first match over NIU's Bryant Poggensee-Wei and Tyler Stephens, 8-1. At No. 2 doubles Andres Monroy alongside Cliff Morrison secured the doubles win for the Cardinals with their 8-3 defeat over Makisym Bartiuk and Maksym Lagutin.

In singles action Sansone's two set victory at the No. 5 position put the Cardinals up 2-0 over the Huskies. Bussert took down Stephens at No. 6 singles 6-0, 6-2 before Monroy's victory at the No. 5 position sealed the win for Ball State.

The Ball State University men's tennis team will take on No. 1 Western Michigan at Sorenson Courts beginning at 10 a.m. Friday weather permitting.

Singles competition

Ball State 4, NIU 0

1. Maksym Bartiuk (NIU) vs. Zane Smith (BSU) no result

2. Axel Lagerlof (NIU) def. Cliff Morrison (BSU) 7-5, 3-2

3. Alexandre Brym (BSU) def. Roman Turtygin (NIU) 7-6, 1-0

4. Andres Monroy (BSU) def. Maksym Lagutin (NIU) 6-1, 6-1

5. Austin Sansone (BSU) def. Bryant Poggensee-Wei (NIU) 6-0, 6-2

6. Shaun Bussert (BSU) def. Tyler Stephens (NIU) 6-0, 6-2

Doubles competition

1. Derek Carpenter/Zane Smith (BSU) def. Axel Lagerlof/Roman Turtygin (NIU) 7-4

2. Andres Monroy/Cliff Morrison (BSU) def. Maksym Bartiuk/Maksym Lagutin (NIU) 8-3

3. Shaun Bussert/Austin Sansone (BSU) def. Bryant Poggensee-Wei/Tyler Stephens (NIU) 8-1

Match Notes:

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (5,6,4)