Indiana Comes Up Short Against UCF, 4-3

Friday, February 8

Bloomington, Ind.

6 P.M.

Indiana University

UCF

2/8/2019 9:26:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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Bloomington, Ind. – The Indiana men's tennis team (4-3) lost for the first time at home in 2019 when it was defeated by the UCF Knights (1-4), 4-3, inside the IU Tennis Center on Friday night.

The Hoosiers wins came at the No. 2, 4, and 5 singles spots.

Doubles play didn't go the Hoosiers way as they dropped the No. 1 and No. 3 spots. The lone doubles win for IU came at the No. 2 spot with Bennett Crane and Zac Brodney taking it, 6-1.

Brodney got things going in singles when he posted IU's first win with a 6-4, 6-1 mark at No. 4. Two courts over at the No. 6 spot, UCF pulled ahead 2-1 with a 6-2, 6-3 win.

The Hoosiers battled back again into a 2-2 tie when Andrew Redding pulled out a 7-5, 6-2 win on court No. 5. With the victory, the sophomore improved to 4-0 in dual play this season.

After finding themselves in a 3-2 hole due to a Knights win on No. 1, Indiana kept clawing.

Facing a match point on No. 3, Carson Haskins won the point to win the game and tie up the set. As this was going on, Bennett Crane forced a third set on No. 2 with a 6-4 second set win.

UCF would finish off its win when it closed out the second set and match on No. 3. On the only remaining court, Crane won his match, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, for the Hoosiers third point.

Indiana returns to action on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 2 PM with a match against the Arizona State Sun Devils inside the IU Tennis Center. In the latest ITA rankings, ASU were just outside of the Top 25 but received votes. The Sun Devils come into Bloomington after a loss to the No. 2 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes tonight in Columbus.

RESULTS
UCF 4, Indiana 3
Singles
1. #17 Gabriel Decamps (UCF) def. Antonio Cembellin (IND) 6-3, 6-3
2. #111 Bennett Crane (IND) def. #122 Alan Rubio (UCF) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
3. Juan Pablo Mazzuchi (UCF) def. Carson Haskins (IND) 6-4, 7-5
4. Zac Brodney (IND) def. Trey Hilderbrand (UCF) 6-4, 6-1
5. Andrew Redding (IND) def. Mikhail Sokolovskiy (UCF) 7-5, 6-2
6. Bogdan Pavel (UCF) def. Vikash Singh (IND) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles
1. Trey Hilderbrand/Bogdan Pavel (UCF) def. Brandon Lam/Carson Haskins (IND) 6-2
2. Bennett Crane/Zac Brodney (IND) def. Gabriel Decamps/Juan Pablo Mazzuchi (UCF) 6-1
3. Alan Rubio/Mikhail Sokolovskiy (UCF) def. Vikash Singh/Antonio Cembellin (IND) 6-2

Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (4,6,5,1,3,2)

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