Men's Tennis Falls at Ball State, 7-0

Bulls open conference road trip with loss to Cardinals

Matt Kennedy

MUNCIE, IN – The University at Buffalo men’s tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision to Ball State Saturday afternoon in Mid-American Conference play at Muncie’s Cardinal Creek Tennis Center. The Bulls are now 8-6 and 0-2 in MAC play while the Cardinals are now 14-6 and 1-0 in league action.

The Bulls had trouble getting any momentum on Saturday as they dropped all three doubles matches to open play. At number one, the UB combination of Nikesh Singh Panthlia (George Town, Malaysia/BMK Penang Free School) and Yules Hadisubroto (Jakarta, Indonesia/SMUN 21) fell to Matt Baccarani and Joe Epkey by an 8-1 score. The number two and three matches were decided by identical 8-3 scores. At number two, UB’s Matt Kennedy (Mississauga, Ontario/Erindale) and Albert Alant (Pretoria, South Africa/Niskayuna (NY)) were defeated by Tony Epkey and Jarrod Epkey while UB’s number three team of Mike Zappone (Queensbury, NY/Queensbury) and Alejandro Galindo (Torreon, Mexico/Preparatoria Tec) lost to Patrick Thompson and Joe Vallee.

The Bulls were also swept in the singles contests, unable to take a set from the homestanding Cardinals. Mike Rockman (Toronto, Ontario/Thornlea) fell to Baccarani, 6-3, 6-2, in the number one match. At number two, Singh Panthlia was decisioned by Joe Epkey, 6-1, 6-4. Hadisubroto dropped a 6-1, 6-3 outcome to Tony Epkey at number three. At number four, Octavian Stane (Toronto, Ontario/Leaside) fell to Patrick Thompson, 6-3, 6-0. Alant was defeated by Jarrod Epkey, 6-0, 6-1, at number five. At number six, Kennedy fell to Danny Vidal, 6-4, 6-3.

The Bulls complete their weekend matches tomorrow at Toledo. Match time is 1:00 pm.

Ball State 7, Buffalo 0

Doubles

1 Matt Baccarani/Joe Epkey (BSU) d. Nikesh Singh Panthlia/Yules Hadisubroto (UB), 8-1

2 Tony Epkey/Jarrod Epkey (BSU) d. Matt Kennedy/Albert Alant (UB), 8-3

3 Patrick Thompson/Joe Vallee (BSU) d. Mike Zappone/Alejandro Galindo (UB), 8-3

Order of finish: 1 3 2

Singles

1 Matt Baccarani (BSU) d. Mike Rockman (UB), 6-3, 6-2

2 Joe Epkey (BSU) d. Nikesh Singh Panthlia (UB), 6-1, 6-4

3 Tony Epkey (BSU) d. Yules Hadisubroto (UB), 6-1, 6-3

4 Patrick Thompson (BSU) d. Octavian Stane (UB), 6-3, 6-0

5 Jarrod Epkey (BSU) d. Albert Alant (UB), 6-0, 6-1

6 Danny Vidal (BSU) d. Matt Kennedy (UB), 6-4, 6-3

Order of finish: 2 3 5 4 6 1

04/01/2006