Men’s tennis falls at Cornell, 4-3

Kirill Kolomytes

ITHACA, NY – The University at Buffalo men’s tennis team lost a tough 4-3 decision to Cornell at the Reis Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon. The Bulls scored victories at the top three singles positions but were unable to pull out the team win.

Picking up singles wins for the Bulls were Nikesh Singh Panthlia (George Town, Malaysia/BMK Penang Free School), Marcelo Mazzetto (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Carlos Magno) and Kirill Kolomytes (Moscow, Russia/Moscow High School 155).

Playing first singles, Singh Panthlia scored a straight-set win over Kyle Doppelt, needing a first-set tiebreaker, to ensure the win, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Mazzetto also scored a first-set tiebreaker win (9-7) in downing Rory Heggie, 7-6 (7), 6-3 in the number two match. Kolomytes needed a full three sets to down Marc Asch, rallying from a first-set loss to win 2-6, 7-5, 6-2.

The Bulls (0-5) open their home schedule on Friday, February 8 with a 5:00 pm match against Niagara at the Village Glen Tennis Center.

Cornell 4, Buffalo 3

Doubles

1 Kyle Doppelt/Weston Nichols (CU) d. Kirill Kolomytes/Marcelo Mazzetto (UB), 8-5

2 Joshua Goldstein/Rory Heggie (CU) d. Nikesh Singh Panthlia/Octavian Stane (UB), 8-2

3 Andy Gauthier/Jonathan Jaklitsch (CU) d. Juan Carlos Wynter/Alexis Lluis (UB), 8-2

Order of finish: 3 2 1

Singles

1 Nikesh Singh Panthlia (UB) d. Kyle Doppelt (CU), 7-6 (4), 6-2

2 Marcelo Mazzetto (UB) d. Rory Heggie (CU), 7-6 (7), 6-3

3 Kirill Kolomytes (UB) d. Marc Asch (CU), 2-6, 7-5, 6-2

4 Jonathan Jaklitsch (CU) d. Octavian Stane (UB), 6-3, 6-4

5 Jonathan Fife (CU) d. Juan Carlos Wynter (UB), 6-1, 6-0

6 Jeremy Feldman (CU) d. Ezra Bernstein (UB), 6-1, 6-1

Order of finish: 5 6 4 1 2 3