Bulls Bow to Blue Demons, 7-0

Nikesh Singh Panthlia

CHICAGO, IL – The University at Buffalo men’s tennis team opened its weekend spring break trip to the midwest with a 7-0 loss at Big East member DePaul on Friday night. The Bulls are now 3-8 while the Blue Demons are 9-6.

UB was swept in five of the six singles matches in straight sets with Nikesh Singh Panthlia (George Town, Malaysia/BMK Penang Free School) winning a set at number one to force a third-set super-tiebreaker. Singh Panthlia’s 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (5) loss to DePaul’s Austin Doerner snapped the senior’s eight match winning streak in singles play.

UB also got strong play from Marcelo Mazzetto (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Carlos Magno) at number two and Octavian Stane (Toronto, Ontario/Leaside) at number three as they were able to keep their matches tight against their opponents. Mazzetto fell to Jose Moncada, 6-3, 6-2 while Stane was defeated by Vanja Grgec, 6-4, 6-4.

The Bulls remain in the Chicagoland area where they will face Illinois-Chicago on Saturday night at 7:00 pm (ET).

DePaul 7, Buffalo 0

Doubles

1 Austin Doerner/Alasdair Graetz (D) d. Nikesh Singh Panthlia/Marcelo Mazzetto (UB), 8-5

2 Jose Moncada/Vanja Grgec (D) d. Octavian Stane/Juan Carlos Wynter (UB), 8-1

3 Ben Hartman/Adam Williams (D) d. Alexis Lluis/Ezra Bernstein (UB), 8-0

Order of finish: 3 2 1

Singles

1 Austin Doerner (D) d. Nikesh Singh Panthlia (UB), 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (5)

2 Jose Moncada (D) d. Marcelo Mazzetto (UB), 6-3, 6-2

3 Vanja Grgec (D) d. Octavian Stane (UB), 6-4, 6-4

4 Ben Hartman (D) d. Alexis Lluis (UB), 6-0, 6-0

5 Alasdair Graetz (D) d. Juan Carlos Wynter (UB), 6-0, 6-0

6 Adam Williams (D) d. Ezra Bernstein (UB), 6-2, 7-5

Order of finish: 5 4 2 1 3 6