Albert Alant

OLEAN, NY - The University at Buffalo men's tennis team scored a thrilling 4-3 victory over Xavier Sunday afternoon as the Bulls took four of the six singles matches to claim the win at the Olean Racquet Club. UB is now 2-4 in dual meet play this season.

The Bulls fell behind after the doubles play as the Musketeers took two of the three matches for a 1-0 lead. UB's lone win in the doubles was at number three as Matt Kennedy (Mississauga, Ontario/Erindale) and Albert Alant (Pretoria, South Africa/Niskayuna (NY)) defeated Rustin Reys and Adam Shaeffer, 8-6.

Alant proved to be the difference as his sixth singles match against Xavier's Brian Quinn would determine which team would claim the victory. With UB and Xavier tied 3-3, Alant took a straight-sets win over Quinn, 7-5, 6-3 to give the Bulls the 4-3 cushion.

UB's three other singles victories came from Nick Zieziula (Hamburg, NY/St. Francis), Mike Rockman (Toronto, Ontario/Thornhill) and Yules Hadisubroto (Jakarta, Indonesia/SMUN 21). Zieziula, at number one, downed J.R. Randall, 7-5, 6-4. Rockman, at number two, defeated Jeremy Miller, 6-2, 6-2. Hadisubroto needed three sets to knock off Rob Simpson, dropping the first set 6-1, but coming back to take the final two sets, 6-0 and 6-4.

The Bulls travel to Army for a matchup with the Black Knights next Sunday at 2:00 pm.

Buffalo 4, Xavier 3

Doubles

1 Justin Yeager/Rob Simpson (XU) d. Nick Zieziula/Josh Liederman (UB), 8-2

2 J.R. Randall/Jeremy Miller (XU) d. Alejandro Galindo/Yules Hadisubroto (UB), 8-3

3 Matt Kennedy/Albert Alant (UB) d. Rustin Reys/Adam Shaeffer (XU), 8-6

Singles

1 Nick Zieziula (UB) d. J.R. Randall (XU), 7-5, 6-4

2 Mike Rockman (UB) d. Jeremy Miller (XU), 6-2, 6-2

3 Justin Yeager (XU) d. Josh Liederman (UB), 7-6 (3), 6-4

4 Yules Hadisubroto (UB) d. Rob Simpson (XU), 1-6, 6-0, 6-4

5 Brian Schubert (XU) d. Alejandro Galindo (UB), 6-1, 6-2

6 Albert Alant (UB) d. Brian Quinn (XU), 7-5, 6-3