Men’s Tennis Finishes First Day of Action at Cardinal Invite

Saturday, September 28

Muncie, Ind.

Ball State University

Ball State University (Bellarmine, Butler, Xavier)

Photo by: Madeline Howell

Men’s Tennis Finishes First Day of Action at Cardinal Invite

September 28, 2024 | Men's Tennis

MUNCIE, Ind. - The Ball State men's tennis team finished its first day of action at the Cardinal Invite Saturday at the Northwest YMCA.

The Cardinals opened today's competition with a round of doubles against Xavier taking two of the three matches from the Bulldogs. Ball State's Jacks Lancaster paired up with teammate Nathaniel Webster for a 7-5 victory over the Musketeers' duo of Ryan Cahill and Charlie Temming. Sajin Smith alongside teammate Ian Brady defeated Xavier's Pascal Mosberger and Christian Gonzalez, 6-2.

In singles, the Cardinals faced Bellarmine and Butler. Newcomer Anthony Shalakov beat Bellarmine's Brent Reynolds, 5-7, 6-4, 10-6 while Webster, Jenson Bicanic and Drew Hayward earned victories versus their respective opponents from Butler.

Cardinal Invite Day One Results
Butler vs. Bellarmine (Doubles)
Batchelor/Nice (Bellarmine) def. Konakanchi/Arts (Butler) 6-3
Joss/Singh (Butler) def. Wood/Ramesh (Bellarmine) 6-2
Shirley/William (Butler) def. Fletcher/Reynolds (Bellarmine) 6-4

Butler vs. Xavier (Singles)
Ryan Cahill (Xavier) def. Patrick Joss (Butler) 7-6 (4), 6-4
Christian Gonzalez (Xavier) def. Nicolas Arts (Butler) 7-5, 7-6 (1)
Charlie Temming (Xavier) def. Siddhartha Lama (Butler) 7-6 (4), 6-3
Pascal Mosberger (Xavier) def. Aidan William (Butler) 6-1, 6-4
Marco Pennelli (Xavier) def. Nicholas Balthazor (Butler) 6-4, 6-3
Andrew Spurck (Xavier) def. Cristian Pensavalle (Butler) 6-0, 7-6 (5) 11-9

Ball State vs. Xavier (Doubles)
Lancaster/Webster (Ball State) def. Cahill/Temming (Xavier) 7-5
Smith/Brady (Ball State) def. Mosberger/Gonzalez (Xavier) 6-2
Totorica/Kotarski (Xavier) def. Bicanic/Fletcher (Ball State) 6-1

Ball State vs. Bellarmine (Singles)
Jack Batchelor (Bellarmine) def. Nathaniel Webster (Ball State) 7-5, 6-3
Vineet Ramesh (Bellarmine) def. Jacks Lancaster (Ball State) 6-3, 6-2
Matthew Nice (Bellarmine) def. Sajin Smith (Ball State) 6-0, 7-6 (9), 10-5
Eli Wood (Bellarmine) def. Ian Brady (Ball State) 7-5, 6-1
Anthony Shalakov (Ball State) def. Brent Reynolds (Bellarmine) 5-7, 6-4, 10-6

Ball State vs. Butler (Singles)
Nathaniel Webster (Ball State) def. Patrick Joss (Butler) 6-2, 6-4
Nico Arts (Butler) def. Petar Petrovic (Butler) 6-2, 4-1
Rahulniket Konakanchi (Butler) def. Broc Fletcher (Ball State) 7-5, 7-5
Jenson Bicanic (Ball State) def. Arnesh Singh (Butler) 6-7 (6), 6-2, 10-4
Drew Hayward (Ball State) def. Siddharth Lama (Butler) 6-1, 6-3
Nicholas Shirley (Butler) def. Anthony Shalakov (Ball State) 6-3, 6-4

Xavier vs. Bellarmine (Singles)
Jack Batchelor (Bellarmine) def. Ryan Cahill (Xavier) 6-2, 6-3
Finest Ramesh (Bellarmine) def. Pascal Mosberger (Xavier) 6-2, 7-5
Matthew Nice (Bellarmine) def. Marco Pennelli (Xavier) 6-3, 6-4
Louie Fletcher (Bellarmine) def. Andrew Spurck (Xavier) 6-2, 6-4
Alex Kotarski (Xavier) def. Eli Wood (Bellarmine) 7-5, 6-3
Kyle Totorica (Xavier) def. Brent Reynolds (Bellarmine) 6-2, 6-4