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Bulls Fly Past Dayton at Hilton Head

Albert Alant

The Bulls started out slow, dropping the doubles point. UB's lone win in the doubles competition was at number three as Matt Kennedy (Mississauga, Ontario/Erindale) and Fred Duncan (East Amherst, NY/Nichols) defeated David Peyton and Brad Roby, 8-6. The Flyers claimed the doubles point with victories over the Bulls at the first and second spots. At number one, UB's tandem of Yules Hadisubroto (Jakarta, Indonesia/SMUN 21) and Nikesh Singh Panthlia (George Town, Malaysia/BMK Penang Free School) tied their match at 6-6 against Tom Murphy and Jamison Downs but lost the final two games for the 8-6 Dayton decision. Mike Rockman (Toronto, Ontario/Thornlea) and Albert Alant (Pretoria, South Africa/Niskayuna (NY)) also put up a strong fight in the number two match, but lost to James O'Connell and Rex Cabrera, 9-7.

Octavian Stane

UB relied on the bottom half of its singles lineup to pull out the match, scoring victories in the number four, five and six slots as well as a win at number two. Kennedy tied the match at 1-1 as he downed Peyton, 6-1, 7-5. Octavian Stane (Toronto, Ontario/Leaside), seeing his first dual-meet action of the season, scored a second-set tiebreaker victory en route to a 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over Roby in the number six match to give the Bulls a lead they would not relinquish. Singh Panthlia added to the UB lead with a 6-3, 6-3 win over O'Connell at number two and Alant clinched the match for the Bulls at number four. After a tight first set against Downs that Alant took 7-5, the UB junior opened up a 5-0 lead in the second set, winning 6-2 and giving the Bulls their third straight dual-meet triumph.

Number one player Rockman dropped a 7-6 (6), 6-3 decision to Murphy and Hadisubroto fell in three sets to Cabrera, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, at number three as Dayton closed the gap to the final margin.

UB faces Division II opponent Bloomsburg at 8:00 am on Wednesday morning in Hilton Head.

Buffalo 4, Dayton 3

Doubles

1 Tom Murphy/Jamison Downs (UD) d. Yules Hadisubroto/Nikesh Singh Panthlia (UB), 8-6

2 James O'Connell/Rex Cabrera (UD) d. Mike Rockman/Albert Alant (UB), 9-7

3 Matt Kennedy/Fred Duncan (UB) d. David Peyton/Brad Roby (UD), 8-6

Order of finish: 1 3 2

Singles

1 Tom Murphy (UD) d. Mike Rockman (UB), 7-6 (6), 6-3

2 Nikesh Singh Panthlia (UB) d. James O'Connell (UD), 6-3, 6-3

3 Rex Cabrera (UD) d. Yules Hadisubroto (UB), 6-1, 1-6, 6-3

4 Albert Alant (UB) d. Jamison Downs (UD), 7-5, 6-2

5 Matt Kennedy (UB) d. David Peyton (UD), 6-1, 7-5

6 Octavian Stane (UB) d. Brad Roby (UD), 6-3, 7-6 (4)

Order of finish: 5 6 2 1 4 3