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Bulls Roll Past St. Francis (PA), 6-1

Octavian Stane

BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo men's tennis team rolled to a 6-1 victory over visiting St. Francis (PA) Saturday at the University Tennis Center. It was the first dual match win of the year for the Bulls (1-0) while the Red Flash fell to 0-4 overall in the fall campaign.

Playing with just five healthy athletes, the Bulls needed to sweep the two contested doubles matches to claim the opening point. The number two match was easily decided in UB's favor as the tandem of Yules Hadisubroto (Jakarta, Indonesia/SMUN 21) and Octavian Stane (Toronto, Ontario/Leaside) downed David Kirby and Jordan Kowalski, 8-2.

In the clinching doubles match, UB's number one duo of Mike Rockman (Toronto, Ontario/Thornlea) and Nikesh Singh Panthlia (George Town, Malaysia/BMK Penang Free School) needed to rally against the St. Francis pair of Andrei Sandu and Jeffrey Seevers. UB trailed 4-1 early in the match but managed to claim the next seven games en route to an 8-4 win and the opening point.

The Bulls were able to claim five singles matches without dropping a set. Highlighting singles action were "double-bagel" victories recorded by Singh Panthlia, at number two, and Stane, at number four, as both staked 6-0, 6-0 wins. Number five player Eric Rothstein (Phoenixville, PA/Great Valley) needed a first-set tiebreaker victory to defeat Kowalski, 7-6 (2), 6-2.

UB was forced to default the number six match due to a lack of healthy players in the lineup accounting for the 6-1 margin on the scoreboard.

Several Bulls will next compete at the ITA Regionals in Philadelphia, starting October 19.

Buffalo 6, St. Francis (PA) 1

Doubles

1 Mike Rockman/Nikesh Singh Panthlia (UB) d. Andrei Sandu/Jeffrey Seevers (SFU), 8-4

2 Yules Hadisubroto/Octavian Stane (UB) d. David Kirby/Jordan Kowalski (SFU), 8-2

3 Ajay Nune/Kyle Primeau (SFU) won by default

Singles

1 Mike Rockman (UB) d. Andrei Sandu (SFU), 6-2, 6-1

2 Nikesh Singh Panthlia (UB) d. Ajay Nune (SFU), 6-0, 6-0

3 Yules Hadisubroto (UB) d. Jeffrey Seevers (SFU), 6-1, 6-0

4 Octavian Stane (UB) d. Kyle Primeau (SFU), 6-0, 6-0

5 Eric Rothstein (UB) d. Jordan Kowalski (SFU), 7-6 (2), 6-2

6 David Kirby (SFU) won by default