Bulls Rally Past Bucknell, 5-2

Octavian Stane

ST. BONAVENTURE, NY – The University at Buffalo men’s tennis team rallied past Bucknell, 5-2, in a non-conference showdown at the St. Bonaventure Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon.

The Bulls dropped the doubles point to behind the Bison, 1-0. UB’s lone win in the doubles came in the number three match as Octavian Stane and Kristof Custers defeated Mark Malloy and Daniel Bednarek, 9-7.

UB won the match with five of six singles wins with the top three players claiming straight-set wins. Marcelo Mazzetto, Kirill Kolomyts and Alex Kalinin earned wins in the top three slots.

After dropping the first set, Custers and Stane rallied for UB wins. Custers earned a win at number four after Malloy was forced to retire due to an injury during the super-tiebreaker. Stane took command of his match at number six against Gregory Maxson with a 6-2 win in the second set and a 10-3 win in the super-tiebreaker.

The Bulls travel to Georgia and Alabama next weekend for spring break matches against Kennesaw State, Mercer and Jacksonville State.

Buffalo 5, Bucknell 2
Doubles
1 Anton Kovic/Ryan Sandburg (BU) d. Marcelo Mazzetto/Kirill Kolomyts (UB), 8-6
2 Gregg Cohenca/Jonathan Brenner (BU) d. Mitch Zenaty/Alex Kalinin (UB), 8-4
3 Octavian Stane/Kristof Custers (UB) d. Mark Malloy/Daniel Bednarek (BU), 9-7
Singles
1 Marcelo Mazzetto (UB) d. Ryan Sandburg (BU), 6-2, 6-3
2 Kirill Kolomyts (UB) d. Gregg Cohenca (BU), 6-4, 6-3
3 Alex Kalinin (UB) d. Jonathan Brenner (BU) 6-0, 6-3
4 Kristof Custers (UB) d. Mark Malloy (BU), 1-6, 6-4, 2-0 ret.
5 Daniel Bednarek (BU) d. Mitch Zenaty (UB), 6-4, 7-6 (3)
6 Octavian Stane (UB) d. Gregory Maxson (BU), 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-3)