Men's Tennis Weekly Release

Bulls Outlast Bonnies

A tiebreaking singles victory by Albert Alant (Pretoria, South Africa/Niskayuna (NY))

Albert Alant

propelled the University at Buffalo to a 4-3 men's tennis win at St. Bonaventure late Saturday night. The Bulls evened their dual meet record to 4-4, snapping a three-match losing streak.

Alant, Hadisubroto, Duncan Lead Rally

Albert Alant needed to win two tiebreakers over Victor Lecina in the number five singles match to claim the win for the Bulls. Alant won the first set, 7-6 (7-2 in the tiebreaker), but dropped the second set, 6-1, to set up the climactic third set. Again Alant was forced into a tiebreaker by Lecina and prevailed, 7-3, to give UB the match. The dramatics by Alant were set up by the Bulls rallying from a 3-1 deficit to claim the final three singles points. Yules Hadisubroto (Jakarta, Indonesia/SMUN 21) needed three sets to down Dejan Stankovic, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the number four match, while freshman

Fred Duncan

Fred Duncan (East Amherst, NY/Nichols) picked up a straight-set 6-1, 6-3 victory over Antonio Farias in the number six match. The Bulls also gained a singles win in the number two match as Nikesh Singh Panthlia (George Town, Malaysia/BMK Penang Free School) took a three-set victory over Andrew Hart, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.

Rockman and Kennedy Earn Doubles Win

UB also picked up a tiebreaker win in the doubles competition, however St. Bonaventure had wrapped up the point with victories in the numbers one and two matches. UB's number three duo of Mike Rockman (Toronto, Ontario/Thornlea) and Matt Kennedy (Mississauga, Ontario/Erindale) outlasted Leo Mochizuki and Antonio Farias 7-3 in the tiebreaker, for the 9-8 win. St. Bonaventure's Stankovic and Hart defeated Singh Panthlia and Hadisubroto at number one and Nery and Lecina downed Alant and Duncan by identical 8-5 scores to clinch the doubles point for the Bonnies.