Duquesne
Bulls Rally to Defeat Duquesne, 6-1
3/13/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
MONROEVILLE, PA – The University at Buffalo men's tennis team used victories in all six singles matches after being denied the opening point to knock off Duquesne, 6-1, Saturday afternoon at The Club Sport and Health in Monroeville as the Bulls concluded their spring break weekend that included five matches in three states.
For just the third time this season and the first time in the last six matches, the Bulls (6-4) were denied in claiming the opening doubles point as Duquesne (6-7) won matches at numbers two and three. UB's lone doubles win came from the top combo of Wojciech Starakiewicz and Kirill Kolomyts. The UB duo, ranked tenth in the Northeast, improved their record to 9-1 with an 8-3 win over Steve Herchko and Mark Maciuch.
The Bulls swept all six singles matches to secure the win with four matches going in straight sets and two decided in three sets. Starakiewicz, the third-ranked singles player in the Northeast, downed Jeremy McClelland, 6-3, 6-4.
UB needed third-set wins from Marcelo Mazzetto at number two andVusa Hove at number five. Hove, playing in the number five slot for the first time this season after playing at six most of the spring and at number four in UB's win on Thursday against Robert Morris, defeated Maciuch in the final set, 6-4, after splitting 6-4 decisions in the opening sets.
The Bulls finished their spring break campaign with three wins in five matches, playing three in Florida and one back home in Buffalo before Saturday's contest in Western Pennsylvania. "This has been a good spring break for us," said head coach Lee Nickell. "We learned a lot and fought through adversity today against a good Duquesne team. We came out flat in doubles, but came together in singles to give a complete team effort. We are very excited to start conference match play in two weeks."
UB begins Mid-American Conference play on March 27 against Toledo.
Buffalo 6, Duquesne 1
Doubles
1 Wojciech Starakiewicz/Kirill Kolomyts (UB) d. Steve Herchko/Mark
Maciuch (DU), 8-3
2 Jeremy McClelland/Gustavo Villares (DU) d. George Tibil/Alex Kalinin (UB), 8-4
3 Bryan Roberts/Kyle O'Leary (DU) d. Mitch Zenaty/Vusa Hove (UB),
8-6
Singles
1 Wojciech Starakiewicz (UB) d. Jeremy McClelland (DU), 6-3,
6-4
2 Marcelo Mazzetto (UB) d. Gustavo Villares (DU), 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
3 Kirill Kolomyts (UB) d. Aram Abgaryan (DU), 6-4, 7-5
4 George Tibil (UB) d. Bryan Roberts (DU), 6-2, 6-4
5 Vusa Hove (UB) d. Mark Maciuch (DU), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
6 Alex Kalinin (UB) d. Matt Smith (DU), 6-3, 6-4
