Hoosiers Fall to No.15 Kentucky

Sunday, February 12

Bloomington, IND.

12:00 PM

Indiana University

Kentucky

2/12/2017 2:19:00 PM | Men's Tennis

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana men's tennis team dropped to 7-2 with a 4-0 loss to No. 15 Kentucky in the IU Tennis Center on Sunday.

Freshmen Bennett Crane and Zac Brodney were victorious for the sixth time this season, but the Hoosiers dropped the doubles point to the Wildcats.

UK jumped out to 3-0 lead in singles with wins at the No. 5 and 6 spots. Number 17 Ryotaro Matsumura clinched the Wildcats victory with a 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 2 singles.

Up next, Indiana will host the Memphis Tigers on Friday, Feb. 17, at 6:00 p.m. in the IU Tennis Center. Later that weekend, IU goes to South Bend for a Sunday afternoon match against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

RESULTS
Kentucky 4, Indiana 0

Singles
1. Raheel Manji (IU) vs. No. 33 William Bushamuka (UK) 6-0, 6-6 (4-3) UF
2. No. 17 Ryotaro Matsumura (UK) def. Keivon Tabrizi (IU) 6-4, 6-3
3. Antonio Cembellin (IU) vs. Beck Pennington (UK) 1-6, 7-6, 1-0 UF
4. Matthew McCoy (IU) vs. Nils Ellefsen (UK) 6-4, 5-5 UF
5. Trey Yates (UK) def. Bennett Crane (IU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Enzo Wallart (UK) def. Afonso Salgado (IU) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles
1. Pennington/Wallart (UK) def. No. 31 Manji/Tabrizi (IU) 6-3
2. Bushamuka/Ellefsen (UK) def. Cembellin/Lugonjic (IU) 6-3
3. Crane/Brodney (IU) def. Yates/Matsumura (UK) 6-3

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1), Singles (5,6,2)