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Matt Kennedy

ST. BONAVENUTRE, NY - Two individuals and a doubles duo compiled perfect 3-0 records as the University at Buffalo men's tennis team completed play at the St. Bonaventure Fall Classic on Sunday. The tournament was played in a hidden duals format on Friday and Saturday and individual matches on Sunday with no flight winners or team champions crowned.

Senior Matt Kennedy (Mississauga, Ontario/Erindale) won all three of his individual matches, including a three-set thriller on Sunday to lead the Bulls. Junior Mike Rockman (Toronto, Ontario/Thornlea) also went undefeated with victories in two matches and scoring a third win by default.

The doubles team of Yules Hadisubroto (Jakarta, Indonesia/SMUN 21) and Nikesh Singh Panthlia (George Town, Malaysia/BMK Penang Free School) also finished the classic with a 3-0 mark and were the tandem to play more than one match together for the Bulls.

Kennedy needed the full three sets to down St. Bonaventure's Dejan Stankovic in Sunday's finale. After dropping the first set, 6-4, Kennedy came on to drop his opponent with identical 7-5 scores in the second and third sets. Kennedy had an easier time in his opening matches, downing Niagara's Joe Dante, 6-0, 6-2, on Friday and Cleveland State's Steve Wipprecht, 6-1, 6-0 on Saturday.

Mike Rockman

Rockman also needed to rally from a set down on Sunday to defeat St. Bonaventure's Alejandro Nery. Rockman opened the match with a 6-2 loss in the first set. He then gained control of the match, allowing Nery just four games in the final two sets, winning the second and third sets, 6-2, 6-2. Rockman downed Niagara's Justin McConkey, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4, Friday before gaining a default victory on Saturday.

Hadisubroto and Singh Panthlia rolled to an undefeated doubles weekend by defeating Ryan Trapp and Jason Trapp of Youngstown State, 8-2, on Sunday. The UB pair also registered a 9-8 win over Marc Dickinson and McConkey of Niagara on Saturday and opened with another victory over the Trapp brothers, 8-1, on Friday.

Hadisubroto, Singh Panthlia, Albert Alant (Pretoria, South Africa/Niskayuna (NY)) and Octavian Stane (Toronto, Ontario/Leaside) each finished 2-1 in their singles matches over the weekend. The Bulls also went 8-1 in doubles action led by the three wins by Hadisubroto and Singh Panthlia.

UB travels to Hanover, NH next weekend for the Dartmouth Invitational. Play begins on Friday, September 16 and concludes on Sunday, September 18.

UB RESULTS

Friday singles

Mike Rockman (UB) def. Justin McConkey (Niagara), 6-3, 6-7, 6-4

Yules Hadisubroto (UB) def. Marc Dickinson (Niagara), 6-1, 6-1

Nikesh Singh Panthlia (UB) def. Walter Garcia (Niagara), 6-1, 6-2

Octavian Stane (UB) def. Dawson Peare (Niagara), 6-0, 6-2

Matt Kennedy (UB) def. Joseph Dante (Niagara), 6-0, 6-2

Albert Alant (UB) def. Steve Kopf (Niagara), 7-5, 5-0 (ret.)

Friday doubles

Yules Hadisubroto/Nikesh Singh Panthlia (UB) def. Jason Trapp/Ryan Trapp (Youngstown State), 8-1

Albert Alant/Matt Kennedy (UB) def. Brian Meek/Scott Kathery (Youngstown State), 8-6

Mike Rockman/Octavian Stane (UB) def. Zach Landgraf/Matt Cronmiller (Youngstown State), 8-1

Saturday singles

Yules Hadisubroto (UB) def. Dan Singer (Cleveland State), 7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-4)

Rob West (Cleveland State) def. Nikesh Singh Panthlia (UB), 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 6-2

Jay Tee (Cleveland State) def. Octavian Stane (UB), 6-3, 6-2

Matt Kennedy (UB) def. Steve Wipprecht (Cleveland State), 6-1, 6-0

Albert Alant (UB) def. Alex Livingstone (Cleveland State), 6-0, 6-0

Mike Rockman (UB) won by default

Saturday doubles

Yules Hadisubroto/Nikesh Singh Panthlia (UB) def. Marc Dickinson/Justin McConkey (NU), 9-8

Octavian Stane/Matt Kennedy (UB) def. Walter Garcia/Dawson Peare (NU), 9-8

Albert Alant/Mike Rockman (UB) def. Steve Kopf/Joseph Dante (NU), 8-4

Sunday singles

Nikesh Singh Panthlia (UB) def. Ryan Trapp (Youngstown State), 6-2, 6-2

Rob West (Cleveland State) def. Yules Hadisubroto (UB), 2-6, 6-3, 7-5

Mike Rockman (UB) def. Alejandro Nery (St. Bonaventure), 2-6, 6-2, 6-2

Matt Kennedy (UB) def. Dejan Stankovic (St. Bonaventure), 4-6, 7-5, 7-5

Jonathan Luce (St. Bonaventure) def. Albert Alant (UB), 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (2)

Octavian Stane (UB) def. Victor Lecina (St. Bonaventure), 6-4, 6-0

Sunday doubles

Nery/Luce (St. Bonaventure) def. Rockman/Kennedy (UB), 8-2

Mike Zappone/Alejandro Galindo (UB) def. Mochizuki/Lecina (St. Bonaventure), 8-6

Hadisubroto/Panthlia (UB) def. Trapp/Trapp (Youngstown), 8-2