Bulls Claim Two Singles Flights at St. Bonaventure Fall Classic

Marcelo Mazzetto

ST. BONAVENTURE, NY – The University at Buffalo men's tennis team picked up championships in the top two flights to open the fall tournament season at the St. Bonaventure Fall Classic, which concluded Sunday afternoon.

UB sophomore transfer Wojciech Starakiewicz (Warsaw, Poland/Miguel de Cervantes) and junior Marcelo Mazzetto won the first and second flights, respectively, going 3-0 in their singles matches without dropping a set.

The Bulls had a pair of doubles tandems finish play with 2-1 records. Mazzetto paired with Kirill Kolomyts at number one while the number two combo of Starakiewicz and freshman George Tibil (Bucharest, Romania/Institut des Dames de Marie) also went 2-1.

Buffalo won 19 of the 26 matches in singles and doubles play over the weekend competition against St. Francis (PA), Youngstown State and the host Bonnies.

Friday’s results
St. Francis (Pa.) vs. Buffalo
Doubles
1 Marcelo Mazzetto/Kirill Kolomyts (UB) def. Elahn Pogue/Steven Child (SFU), 8-2
2 Wojciech Starakiewicz/George Tibil (UB) def. Stephen Kowalski/Nathaniel Fleming (SFU), 8-2
3 Mitch Zenaty/Kristof Custers (UB) def. Matt Jurjevich/Kirby Mendes (SFU), 8-2

St. Bonaventure vs. Buffalo
Doubles
1 Marcelo Mazzetto/Kirill Kolomyts (UB) def. Chris Post/Luis Guevera (SBU), 8-3
2 Enric Larregola/Mikhail Sudakov (SBU) def. Wojciech Starakiewicz/George Tibil (UB), 8-4
3 Diego Valdenegro/Oscar Yanez (SBU) def. Mitch Zenaty/Kristof Custers (UB), 8-3

Saturday’s results
Youngstown State vs. Buffalo
Singles
1 Wojciech Starakiewicz (UB) def. Tariq Ismail (YSU), 6-3, 6-3
2 Marcelo Mazzetto (UB) def. Patrick Hamning (YSU), 6-3, 6-4
3 Kirill Kolomyts (UB) def. Michael Kathary (YSU), 6-0, 6-0
4 George Tibil (UB) def. Steve D’Angelo (YSU), 6-4, 6-3
5 Rob Emig (YSU) def. Mitch Zenaty (UB), 7-6, 6-2
6 Tiago Gandum (UB) def. Chris Leson (YSU), 6-4, 6-3

St. Francis (Pa.) vs. Buffalo
Singles
1 Wojciech Starakiewicz (UB) def. Elahn Pogue (SFU), 6-4, 6-2
2 Marcelo Mazetto (UB) def. Steven Child (SFU), 6-3, 6-2
3 Kirill Kolomyts (UB) def. Andres Rosa (SFU), 6-1, 6-2
4 George Tibil (UB) def. Nathaniel Fleming (SFU), 6-2, 6-1
5 Mitch Zenaty (UB) def. Peter Dietrich (SFU), 6-2, 6-1
6 Tiago Gandum (UB) def. Matt Jurjevich (SFU), 6-0, 6-0

Sunday’s results
St. Bonaventure vs. Buffalo
Singles
1 Wojciech Starakiewicz (UB) def. Chris Post (SBU), 6-2, 6-3
2 Marcelo Mazzetto (UB) def. Diego Valdenegro (SBU), 7-6, 6-2
3 Mikhail Sudakov (SBU) def. Kirill Kolomyts (UB), 6-0, 6-4
4 Enric Larregola (SBU) def. George Tibil (UB), 7-5, 6-2
5 Mitch Zenaty (UB) def. Luis Guevara (SBU), 6-3, 6-1
6 Oscar Yanez (SBU) def. Tiago Gandum (UB), 6-4, 6-1

Youngstown State vs. Buffalo
Doubles
1 Michael Kathary/Patrick Hamning (YSU) def. Marcelo Mazzetto/Kirill Kolomyts (UB), 8-5
2 Wojciech Starakiewicz/George Tibil (UB) def. Rob Emig/Chris Leson (YSU), 8-5