Hoosiers Win Home Opener, 5-2

Friday, January 27

Bloomington, IND.

6:00 PM

Indiana University

Ball State

1/27/2017 8:31:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University men's tennis team (3-0) opened their home schedule and weekend with a 5-2 win over the Ball State Cardinals.

For the third straight match, the Hoosiers started it off with a doubles point win. At one doubles, junior's Raheel Manji and Keivon Tabrizi pulled away to win 6-2. Minutes later, it was sophomore Antonio Cembellin and senior Stefan Lugonjic who clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 win of their own.

In singles, Cembellin got the Hoosiers rolling with a 6-2, 6-1 win at the three spot. At five singles, freshman Bennett Crane picked up his third singles win of the season with a 6-2, 7-5 win. Senior Matthew McCoy clinched the Hoosiers third straight win with a 6-1, 6-3 win at four singles.

The Hoosiers are back in action tomorrow, Saturday January 28 as they take on the Eastern Illinois Panthers at 11 AM and the UIC Flames at 3 PM.

RESULTS
Indiana 5, Ball State 2

Singles
1. Lucas Andersen (BSU) def. Raheel Manji (IU) 7-5, 6-2
2. Keivon Tabrizi (IU) def. Andrew Stutz (BSU) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
3. Antonio Cembellin (IU) def. Nemanja Guzina (BSU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Matthew McCoy (IU) def. Marko Guzina (BSU) 6-1, 6-3
5. Bennett Crane (IU) def. Conner Anderson (BSU) 6-2, 7-5
6. Patrick Downs (BSU) def. Oliver Sec (IU) 7-5, 6-4

Doubles
1. Manji/Tabrizi (IU) def. L. Andersen/Stutz (BSU) 6-2
2. Cembellin/Lugonjic (IU) def. C. Andersen/Guzina (BSU) 6-2
3. Crane/Salgado (IU) vs. Downs/Guzina (BSU) 5-3 unfinished