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Men's Tennis Wins Saturday's Double-Header
January 29, 2012 | Men's Tennis
MUNCIE, Ind. - The Ball State men's tennis team wrapped up its double-header Saturday with 6-1 wins over Valparaiso and IUPUI. The Cardinals have now evened their overall record to 2-2 on the season.
In doubles play the Cardinals were uncontested in both matches as Ball State swept all six of their doubles matches on the day over the Crusaders and the Jaguars.
Against Valparaiso, freshman Ray Leonard, sophomore Austin Smith, freshman Patrick Elliot and senior Derek Carpenter each registered straight set singles victories on their respective courts.
The Cardinals concluded Saturday's double-header with a 6-1 victory over IUPUI. Ball State headed into singles play up 1-0 over the Jaguars, and captured singles wins from Leonard, Zane Smith, Alexandre Brym, Austin Smith and Elliott. Four out of the five singles victories were in straight sets, except on court six where Elliot earned in his win in three.
The Ball State men's tennis team continues non-conference action Saturday at Xavier. The match will begin at 1 p.m.
Ball State 6, IUPUI 1
Doubles
No. 1 Dalton Albertin/Ray Leonard def. Thomas Gans/Patrick O'Neil 8-2
No. 2 Derek Carpenter/Zane Smith def. Nick VOlz/Joel Modesitt 8-2
No. 3 Patrick Elliott/Austin Sansone def. Deon Shafer/Armaan Choudhary 8-5
Singles
No. 1 Dalton Albertin lost to Nick Volz 4-6, 7-6 (7)
No. 2 Zane Smith def. Chase Emerson 7-5, 6-3
No. 3 Ray Leonard def. Ivan Mojsejev 6-1, 6-4
No. 4 Alexandre Brym def. Joel Modesitt, 6-0, 6-4
No. 5 Austin Smith def. Deon Shafer 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 Patrick Elliott def. Thomas Gans 7-6 (6), 5-7, 10-7
Ball State 6, Valparaiso 1
Doubles
No. 1 Ray Leonard/Dalton Albertin def. Chris Baum/Adam Whitmer 8-6
No. 2 Zane Smith/Derek Carpenter def. Eric Honert/Kevin DeHerrera 8-4
No. 3 Patrick Elliott/Austin Smith def. Mike Woodson/Siddarth Mehta, 8-5
Singles
No. 1 Dalton Albertin def. Chris Baum 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 Ray Leonard def. Eric Honert 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 Austin Smith def. Kevin DeHerrera, 6-3, 6-0
No. 4 Austin Sansone loses to Adam Whitmer, 7-5, 6-4
No. 5 Patrick Elliott def. Michael Woodson, 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 Derek Carpenter def. Siddarth Mehta, 6-0, 6-3
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