Bulls Sweep Bryant to Complete Rhode Island Weekend
Men's tennis off to 2-0 start
Kirill Kolomyts
PROVIDENCE, RI
– The University at Buffalo men's tennis team completed a weekend
sweep through Rhode Island with a 7-0 victory against Bryant University
on Sunday. Coupled with UB's first ever win over an Ivy League opponent
(Brown), the Bulls are off to 2-0 start in the spring campaign.
The Bulls did not drop a set to the homestanding Bulldogs as UB's
three doubles combinations easily downed their opponents to grab the
opening point. Wojciech
Starakiewicz and Kirill
Kolomyts breezed to an 8-2 win over Kevin Gardiner and Juan-Martin
Paradis at number one. The number three duo of Mitch
Zenaty and Alex
Kalinin posted an 8-1 win over Cristian Ballestieri and Daniel
Cournoyer.
Marcelo Mazzetto
In singles, UB won all six matches in straight sets with three players
scoring 6-1, 6-1 wins. Mazzetto, at number two, Kolomyts, at number
three, and George
Tibil, at number five cruised to easy wins over their opponents.
Starakiewicz, ranked sixth in the Northeast and 107th nationally,
defeated Balestieri, 6-2, 6-2, in the number one match.
"This was a good start and I am very pleased with the way we
competed against two very strong teams," said head coach Lee Nickell.
"This was a good test and it shows us what we need to work on these
next three weeks as we prepare for Penn State."
The Bulls travel to Penn State on February 13 as UB takes on a Big
Ten program for the first time in school history.
Buffalo 7, Bryant 0 Doubles
1. Wojciech Starakiewicz/Kirill Kolomyts (UB) def. Kevin
Gardiner/Juan-Martin Paradis (BU) 8-2
2. Marcelo Mazzetto/George Tibil (UB) def. Thomas Nowak/Nicholai Hill
(BU) 8-4
3. Mitch Zenaty/Alex Kalinin def. Cristian Ballestieri/Daniel Cournoyer
(BU) 8-1 Singles
1. Wojciech Starakiewicz (UB) def. Cristian Balestieri (BU), 6-2, 6-2
2. Marcelo Mazzetto (UB) def. Juan-Martin Paradis (BU), 6-1, 6-1
3. Kirill Kolomyts (UB) def. Kevin Gardiner (BU), 6-1, 6-1
4. Alex Kalinin (UB) def. Nicholai Hill (BU), 6-4, 6-4
5. George Tibil (UB) def. Thomas Nowak (BU), 6-1, 6-1
6. Mitch Zenaty (UB) def. Andres Orobitg (BU) 6-3, 6-2
