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Singles Play Powers UB Men's Tennis Past Monmouth, 4-1
2/28/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
PRINCETON, NJ – The University at Buffalo, State University of New York men's tennis team won its fourth straight match Saturday defeating Monmouth, 4-1, at Princeton.
The Hawks (4-3) picked up the doubles point winning at first and third, before the Bulls (8-3) claimed four straight singles wins to end the match.
UB's second doubles duo of senior Damien David and junior Akhil Mehta played to a 6-1 victory over the Hawks.
The Bulls won second, third, fifth and sixth singles to claim the victory before the first and fourth matches concluded. Junior Pablo Alvarez defeated Przemyslaw Filipek, 6-3, 6-3, and senior Sebastion Ionescu blanked Ale Gomez Estrada, 6-1, 6-3. Sophomore Jonathan Hannestad was victorious over Bee Kumthonkittikul, 6-0, 6-4, while Mehta played to a 6-1, 6-4 victory against Christian Vieira.
The Bulls will take on the 23rd-ranked Tigers Sunday at 10 am.
DOUBLES
No. 1: Pugliese/Filipek (MU) def. Hannestad/Arevalillo (UB), 6-3
No. 2: David/Mehta (UB) def. Gomez Estrada/Ginzburg (MU), 6-1
No. 3: Vaghela/Vieira (MU) def. Ionescu/Alvarez (UB), 6-4
SINGLES
No. 1: Damien David (UB) vs. Victor Pugliese (MU), 4-6, 4-1, DNF
No. 2: Pablo Alvarez (UB) def. Przemyslaw Filipek (MU), 6-3, 6-3
No. 3: Sebastian Ionescu (UB) def. Ale Gomez Estrada (MU), 6-1, 6-3
No. 4: Sergio Arevalillo (UB) vs. Vidit Vaghela (MU), 2-6, 3-3, DNF
No. 5: Jonathan Hannestad (UB) def. Bee Kumthonkittikul (MU), 6-0, 6-4
No. 6: Akhil Mehta (UB) def. Christian Vieira (MU), 6-1, 6-4
