Bulls Complete Fall Tournament Play

Marcelo Mazzetto

ITHACA, NY – Play concluded Sunday for the University at Buffalo's men's tennis team as the Cornell Wicked Invitational came to a close with a pair of Bulls reaching the singles consolation finals. There was no team scoring and with the conclusion of the tournament, the Bulls fall slate came to a close.

Sophomore Marcelo Mazzetto (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Carlos Magno) and freshman Kristof Custers (Balen, Belgium/European School of Mol) made their way through the back half of draw to compete in the A and B singles consolation finals, respectively.

Mazzetto needed a third-set super-tiebreaker in a grueling match against Colgate's Martin MacIntyre in the consolation semifinals. Mazzetto won the first set in a 7-5 tiebreaker but lost the second set in similar fashion with a 7-2 tiebreaker loss, setting up the third set. In the super-tiebreaker, Mazzetto was able to regroup and get the best of MacIntyre with a 10-5. However, Mazzetto was unable to keep the momentum going in the final match as he fell to Marist's Loic Sessagesimi, 6-2, 6-3.

In the B consolation bracket, the Bulls had three players in the semifinal round as Custers defeated teammate Alexis Lluis (Mexico City, Mexico/Colegio Americano de Tabasco), 6-3, 6-1, to advance to the final against Binghamton's Gilbert Wong. Wong had defeated UB's Mitch Zenaty (Fairport, NY/Fairport) in the other semifinal, 6-0, 6-2. Wong went on to win the title with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Custers.

In other action on the final day, Kirill Kolomyts (Moscow, Russia/Moscow High School 155) fell in the semifinal round of the A singles championship bracket with a 6-3, 6-0 loss to Cornell's Jeremy Feldman. In the B doubles semifinals, Custers and Octavian Stane (Toronto, Ontario/Leaside) fell to Cornell's Conner Sherwood and Evan Bernstein in a tiebreaker, 9-8 (2).

The Bulls begin dual meet play on January 24 and 25 with matches in Providence, RI against Boston University and Brown.