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Bulls Eliminated From MAC Men's Tennis Tournament

Nikesh Singh Panthlia

ROCKFORD, IL—The University at Buffalo men’s tennis team was eliminated from the Mid-American Conference Championships on Thursday afternoon with a 5-1 loss to third-seeded Toledo. The Bulls finished the season with a 6-17 overall record.

The sixth-seeded Bulls fell behind early as they dropped the doubles point to the Rockets (16-12). UB’s number one tandem of Kirill Kolomyts (Moscow, Russia/Moscow High School 155) and Marcelo Mazzetto (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Carlos Magno) led their match against Sven Burus and Chris Clark, 7-6, when play was halted due to Toledo’s clinching of the point.

The Bulls scored a singles victory as senior Nikesh Singh Panthlia (George Town, Malaysia/BMK Penang Free School), in his final match at UB. Singh Panthlia, playing second singles, defeated Toledo’s Chris Clark in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. The win was the 24th singles triumph for Singh Panthlia this season, tying him with current UB assistant coach Nick Zieziula for the second-most singles wins in one year.

Five of the six singles matches were played to their conclusions. The one match that remained unfinished was the number three contest as Kolomyts was down a set to Burus and headed to a second-set tiebreaker.

Thursday’s match was moved indoors to the Clock Tower Racquet Club in Rockford after high winds and expected inclement weather at the outdoor venue, the Huskie Tennis Courts in DeKalb, made for unplayable conditions.

Toledo advanced to the semifinal round and will face second-seeded Ball State on Friday afternoon. In the other match of the first round, Northern Illinois defeated Chicago State, 4-0. The Huskies meet top-seeded Western Michigan in the other semifinal.

Toledo 5, Buffalo 1

Doubles

1 Kirill Kolomyts/Marcelo Mazzetto (UB) led Sven Burus/Chris Clark (UT), 7-6, DNF

2 Jared Miller/ Nutthavit Likitkumchorn (UT) d. Octavian Stane/Juan Carlos Wynter (UB), 8-0

3 Wade Ward/Tyler Sonkin (UT) d. Alexis Lluis/Nikesh Singh Panthlia (UB), 8-3

Singles

1 Jared Miller (UT) d. Marcelo Mazzetto (UB), 6-1, 6-3

2 Nikesh Singh Panthlia (UB) d. Chris Clark (UT), 6-4, 6-3

3 Sven Burus (UT) led Kirill Kolomyts (UB) 6-2, 6-6, DNF

4 Nutthavit Likitkumchorn (UT) d. Octavian Stane (UB), 6-2, 6-2

5 Tyler Sonkin (UT) d. Juan Carlos Wynter (UB), 6-4, 6-4

6 Jay Miller (UT) d. Alexis Lluis (UB), 6-3, 6-4