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Bulls Cruise Past Catamounts, 7-0
BURLINGTON, VT - The University at Buffalo men's tennis team scored its first dual meet victory of the season with a 7-0 win at Vermont on Friday afternoon. The Bulls are now 1-0 for the fall 2003 campaign while the Catamounts fall to 1-3. UB rolled to the victory, dropping just one set in the nine matches, en route to the whitewashing in the team's first match in a two-match road trip that will see the Bulls visit Binghamton on Sunday. In the doubles competition, the top doubles duo of Randy Rocchio (East Amherst, NY/Williamsville North) and Nick Zieziula (Hamburg, NY/St. Francis) defeated Eric Conway and Matt Spring, 8-3. In the number two match, Mike Rockman (Toronto, Ontario/Thornhill) combined with Josh Liederman (Queens Village, NY/Benjamin Cardozo) to down Tom Whittaker and Chris Hathaway in an 8-5 decision. The number three team of Rangga Prayudha (Jakarta, Indonesia/ESI International Academy) and Albert Alant (Pretoria, South Africa/Niskayuna (NY)) dropped Ethan Bernstein and Griffin Maloney, 8-2. UB also cruised to singles victories in all six matches. Rockman, at first singles, defeated Spring, 6-1, 6-1. Rocchio knocked off Conway, 6-1, 6-1, at number two. Zieziula, at number three, downed Whittaker, 6-0, 6-3. Liederman, at number four, defeated Maloney, 6-2, 6-2. At number five, Prayudha dropped Hathaway, 6-3, 6-3. The lone match to be extended past two sets was the number six match where Alant rallied to defeat Brendan Matthews, 6-7, 6-2, 10-6 in the set tiebreaker.
Buffalo 7, Vermont 0 Doubles 1 Randy Rocchio/Nick Zieziula (UB) d. Eric Conway/Matt Spring (UVM), 8-3 2 Mike Rockman/Josh Liederman (UB) d. Tom Whittaker/Chris Hathaway (UVM), 8-5 3 Rangga Prayudha/Albert Alant (UB) d. Ethan Bernstein/Griffin Maloney (UVM), 8-2 Singles 1 Mike Rockman (UB) d. Matt Spring (UVM), 6-1, 6-1 2 Randy Rocchio (UB) d. Eric Conway (UVM), 6-1, 6-1 3 Nick Zieziula (UB) d. Tom Whittaker (UVM), 6-0, 6-3 4 Josh Liederman (UB) d. Griffin Maloney (UVM), 6-2, 6-2 5 Rangga Prayudha (UB) d. Chris Hathaway (UVM), 6-3, 6-3 6 Albert Alant (UB) d. Brendan Mathews (UVM), 6-7, 6-2, 10-6 |
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