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UB Men's Tennis Team Aces Ball State, 4-3
4/17/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
BUFFALO, NY – In front of a stellar crowd, the University at Buffalo, State University of New York men's tennis team edged out visiting Ball State, 4-3, Friday afternoon at the Ellicott Tennis Courts.
The Bulls (10-9, 2-2 MAC) picked up the doubles point and split singles action with the Cardinals (12-10, 2-2 MAC) to win their second straight match.
Senior Damien David and junior Akhil Mehta teamed together at third doubles to win the day's first match, 6-2. At two, juniors Pablo Alvarez and Amar Hromic posted a 6-4 victory to call sophomore Jonathan Hannestad and junior Sergio Arevalillo's first doubles match at 4-4.
Hromic picked up the Bulls' first singles victory at the fifth position, defeating Andrew Stutz, 6-4, 6-4. The Cardinals knotted the match at 2-2 with wins at first and sixth singles, before senior Sebastian Ionescu outlasted Patrick Elliott at three, 6-2, 6-4. David fell to Lucas Andersen at second singles, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, leaving the match up to Hannestad and Ball State's Jan Jirus to decide. Jirus had taken the first set at fourth singles, 6-4, though Hannestad answered to claim the second, 6-3. Hannestad edged Jirus, 6-4, in the third to cue the cowbell and cheers from the crowd.
With a share of the MAC regular-season title at stake, the Bulls return to the Ellicott Tennis Courts Sunday at 11 am to host Northern Illinois on senior day.
DOUBLES
No. 1: Arevalillo/Hannestad (UB) vs. Elliott/Andersen (BSU), 4-4 DNF
No. 2: Alvarez/Hromic (UB) def. Leonard/Rigney (BSU), 6-4
No. 3: David/Mehta (UB) def. Stutz/Helm (BSU), 6-2
Order of Finish: 3, 2
SINGLES
No. 1: Ray Leonard (BSU) def. Pablo Alvarez (UB), 6-2, 6-3
No. 2: Lucas Andersen (BSU) def. Damien David (UB), 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
No. 3: Sebastian Ionescu (UB) def. Patrick Elliott (BSU), 6-2, 6-4
No. 4: Jonathan Hannestad (UB) def. Jan Jirus (BSU), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 5: Amar Hromic (UB) def. Andrew Stutz (BSU), 6-4, 6-4
No. 6: Patrick Downs (BSU) def. Sergio Arevalillo (UB), 6-3, 6-2
Order of Finish: 1, 5, 6, 3, 2, 4
