Bulls Drop Spring Opener To Penn

Friday, January 14

Philadelphia, PA

2:00 pm

University of Pennsylvania

1/14/2022 7:59:00 PM | Men's Tennis

PHILADELPHIA, PA – The University at Buffalo men's tennis team opened up spring action on Friday afternoon, dropping the opener to the University of Pennsylvania, 7-0.

Buffalo brought in a young group, that included three UB players who were making their dual match debuts.

After Penn took the doubles point, the Bulls settled down a bit in singles, sending two of the six matches into three sets. Cheng Tang overcame a first set loss at second singles, winning his second set 6-2 before falling in the third.

At sixth singles, Greg Hastings lost his first set, but won the second 6-3. Hastings dropped the third set in a super tiebreaker, 11-9.

"We expected Penn to bring it today, and they certainly did," said head coach Lee Nickell. "We didn't start with enough energy in doubles and got into a quick hole. We fought hard in singles and had a few chances to get back in the match, but Penn was too good. This was a good experience for our young team, and we plan on taking what we learned today into our match against a good Drexel team tomorrow."

The Bulls remain on the road tomorrow when they face Drexel at 11:00 am

DOUBLES
1 – Edoardo Graziani/Jason Hildebrandt (P) def. Cheng Tang/Yu-Shiang Huang (B) 6-1
2 – Harsh Parikh/Kevin Zhu (P) def. Simon Wibler/Danils Snaiders (B) 6-1
3 – Aditya Gupta/Zach Smith (P) over Finn Macnamara/Greg Hastings (B) 6-3

SINGLES
1 - Graziani (P) def. Wibler (B) 6-2, 6-1
2 - Hildebrandt (P) def. Tang (B) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
3 – Gupta (P) def. Macnamara (B) 6-3, 6-0
4 – Parikh (P) def. Snaiders (B) 6-2, 6-4
5 – Smith (P) def. Huang (B) 6-1, 6-4
6 – Jonah Jurick (P) def. Hastings (B) 2-6, 6-3, 11-9