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Men's Tennis Loses 4-3 Heartbreaker At Buffalo
April 17, 2015 | Men's Tennis
BUFFALO, NY - The Ball State men's tennis team (12-10, 2-2 MAC) suffered a tough 4-3 loss at Buffalo (10-9, 2-2 MAC) Friday afternoon in Mid-American Conference action.
"It was another hard fought conference match between two good teams," Ball State head men's tennis coach Bill Richards said. "Unfortunately, this time we couldn't quite pull it out after dropping the doubles point. It was a great effort on the road but a very tough loss. We have to bounce back Sunday."
The Cardinals lost the doubles point against the Bulls for the first time in Ball State's last two conference matches. Andrew Stutz alongside teammate Matt Helm would take the first loss for Ball State on court three, after falling 6-2 to Buffalo's Damien David and Akhil Mehta. Ray Leonard and Collin Rigney followed with a 6-4 loss over the Bulls Pablo Alvarez and Amar Hromic at the No. 2 doubles position. On the top court, Patrick Elliott and Lucas Andersen were tied with Buffalo 4-4 but the match wasn't completed because Buffalo had already claimed the point.
In singles action, Leonard would give Ball State its first point after taking down Alvarez by a score of 6-2, 6-3 on court one to tie the match 1-1. Buffalo quickly regained a 2-1 lead after Hromic defeated Stutz at the No. 5 spot, 6-4, 6-4.
After that, Patrick Downs would earn a straight set victory over Sergio Arevallio on court five and Andersen would take a three set thriller from David on court two to give Ball State the 3-2 advantage over the Bulls. The match came down to Cardinals Jan Jirus at the No. 4 position. Jirus put up a good fight but fell in three sets against the Bulls Jonathan Hannestad, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6.
The Ball State men's tennis team will end its Mid-American Conference regular season Sunday at Binghamton with an 11 a.m. first serve in Vestal, NY.
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
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