Men's Tennis Drops Match Against Xavier

Nikesh Singh Panthlia

CLEVELAND, OH – The University at Buffalo men’s tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision to Atlantic 10 member Xavier on Sunday afternoon. The match was played on neutral ground at the Cleveland Skating Club.

The Bulls (0-4) captured a pair of singles matches for their two team points. At first singles, UB’s Nikesh Singh Panthlia (George Town, Malaysia/BMK Penang Free School) scored a straight-sets win over Xavier’s Chris Herrlinger, 6-2, 6-4. At second singles, Marcelo Mazzetto (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Carlos Magno) downed Xavier’s J.T. Torbeck, also in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3.

Marcelo Mazzetto

Two other singles matches went the full three sets with the Bulls dropping both matchups. At number three, Kirill Kolomytes (Moscow, Russia/Moscow High School 155) lost to Ra’ees Ismail, 0-6, 6-4, 6-4. In the number four match, UB’s Octavian Stane (Toronto, Ontario/Leaside) fell to Brian Starr, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3.

The Bulls won one of the three doubles matches to open the contest as the top duo of Kolomytes and Mazzetto knocked off Herrlinger and Doug Matthews, 8-4. Xavier (2-3) won the number two and three doubles matches to claim the opening point.

The Bulls travel to Ithaca to face Cornell on Saturday, February 2 at 2:00 pm.

Xavier 5, UB 2

Doubles

1 Kirill Kolomytes/Marcelo Mazzetto (UB) d. Chris Herrlinger/Doug Matthews (XU), 8-4

2 Brian Starr/J.T. Torbeck (XU) d. Nikesh Singh Panthlia/Octavian Stane (UB), 8-6

3 Ra’ees Ismail/Anthony Palmenter (XU) d. Ezra Bernstein/Alexis Lluis (UB), 8-5

Order of finish: 3 1 2

Singles

1 Nikesh Singh Panthlia (UB) d. Chris Herrlinger (XU), 6-2, 6-4

2 Marcelo Mazzetto (UB) d. J.T. Tobeck (XU), 6-4, 6-3

3 Ra’ees Ismail (XU) d. Kirill Kolomytes (UB), 0-6, 6-4, 6-4

4 Brian Starr (XU) d. Octavian Stane (UB), 6-2, 1-6, 6-3

5 Mike Diecius (XU) d. Ezra Bernstein (UB), 6-2, 6-0

6 Brian Schubert (XU) d. Eric Rothstein (UB), 6-2, 6-3

Order of finish: 6 1 3 2 5 4