Men's Tennis Puts Penguins On Ice, 5-2

Mitch Zenaty

BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo men's tennis team improved to 2-1 for the spring season as the Bulls defeated the visiting Youngstown State Penguins, 5-2, Saturday afternoon at the Village Glen Tennis Center.

The Bulls jumped out to a quick lead as they swept the three doubles matches. The number two tandem of Mitch Zenaty and Alexey Kalinin won the deciding point with their 8-5 victory over Tariq Ismail and Christopher Leson. The Bulls gained the sweep after Octavian Stane and Kristof Custers rallied from a 5-1 deficit to force a tiebreaker, downing Steve D'Angelo and Robert Emig, 8-6, in the breaker.

Kristof Custers

UB took the top four spots on the singles ladder. Custers snared the deciding point with his 6-0, 6-4 victory over D'Angelo to put the Bulls ahead 4-1. Kirill Kolomyts finished the match with 10-8 super-tiebreaker win over Ismail. Kolomyts dropped the opening set in another 10-8 tiebreaker before taking the second set, 6-4.

The Bulls meet local rival Niagara on Friday, February 12 in their next contest.

Buffalo 5, Youngstown State 2
Doubles
1 Kirill Kolomyts/Marcelo Mazzetto (UB) d. Patrick Hamning/Michael Kathary (YSU), 8-2
2 Mitch Zenaty/Alexey Kalinin (UB) d. Tariq Ismail/Christopher Leson (YSU), 8-5
3 Octavian Stane/Kristof Custers (UB) d. Steve D’Angelo/Robert Emig (YSU), 8-7 (6)
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles
1 Marcelo Mazzetto (UB) d. Michael Kathary (YSU), 6-3, 6-3
2 Kirill Kolomyts (UB) d. Tariq Ismail (YSU), 6-7 (8), 6-4, 10-8
3 Alexey Kalinin (UB) d. Patrick Hamning (YSU), 6-1, 7-5
4 Kristof Custers (UB) d. Steve D’Angelo (YSU), 6-0, 6-4
5 Robert Emig (YSU) d. Guilherme Smaniotto (UB), 6-1, 6-3
6 Christopher Leson (YSU) d. Tiago Gandum (UB), 7-5, 7-5
Order of finish: 5, 3, 1, 4, 6, 2