Men's Tennis Downed by Ball State, 6-1

Kirill Kolomyts

MUNCIE, IN – The University at Buffalo men’s tennis team fell to Ball State, 6-1, Sunday afternoon in its final Mid-American Conference match of the regular season. With the loss, the Bulls now stand 5-16 overall and are 0-5 in league play.

UB’s Kirill Kolomyts (Moscow, Russia/Moscow High School 155) scored singles and doubles victories for the Bulls. In singles play, Kolomyts scored a 7-5, 6-2 win over Ball State’s Jorge Rodriguez in the number four match. Kolomyts also teamed with Alexis Lluis (Mexico City, Mexico/Colegio Americano de Tabasco) for a win at third doubles. The UB tandem defeated Shaun Bussert and Joe Vallee in a tiebreaker, 7-3, to gain the 8-7 win after Ball State (10-12, 3-1 MAC) had already claimed the opening point.

The Bulls remain in Indiana to face Vincennes, a top junior college program, on Monday at 9:00 am.

Ball State 6, Buffalo 1

Doubles

1 Jose Perdomo/Jorge Rodriguez (BSU) d. Octavian State/Nikesh Singh Panthlia (UB), 8-3

2 Eduardo Pavia/Bret Berryman (BSU) d. Marcelo Mazzetto/Juan Carlos Wynter (UB), 8-1

3 Kirill Kolomyts/Alexis Liuis (UB) d. Shaun Bussert/Joe Vallee (BSU), 8-7 (3)

Singles

1 Jose Perdomo (BSU) d. Nikesh Singh Panthlia (UB), 6-4, 6-1

2 Eduardo Pavia (BSU) d. Marcelo Mazzeto (UB), 6-4, 6-3

3 Bret Berryman (BSU) d. Octavian Stane (UB), 6-3, 6-4

4 Kirill Kolomyts (UB) d. Jorge Rodriguez (BSU), 7-5, 6-2

5 Shaun Bussert (BSU) d. Juan Carlos Wynter (UB), 6-2, 6-4

6 Danny Vidal (BSU) d. Ezra Bernstein (UB), 6-0, 7-5