Indiana Men’s Tennis Defeats Ball State, 5-2

Sunday, January 29

Bloomington, Ind.

4:00 PM

Indiana University

Ball State

1/29/2023 8:16:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Results (PDF)

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana Men's Tennis beat the Ball State University Cardinals, 5-2, in their second match of their double-header at the IU Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon.

Indiana's No. 1 doubles pair Patrick Fletchall and Jagger Saylor won the doubles point after a 6-2 win. No. 3 doubles duo, Luka Vukovic and Ekansh Kumar, clinched the point for the Hoosiers after a 7-5 win over the Cardinals.

The Hoosiers had stellar performances in the singles matches, winning three straight matches in straight sets, to take a 4-0 Hoosiers lead.

In the No. 3 singles match, Landau earned an emphatic point for the Hoosiers with a win, 6-0, 6-0.

Fletchall followed that up with the win in the No. 1 singles match 6-3, 6-2, over the Cardinals

Tiraspolsky gave the Hoosiers their fourth point after winning the No. 4 match 6-1, 6-4 to give the Hoosiers a 4-0 lead.

Kumar closed it out giving the Hoosiers their fifth and final point of the match, with a win at No. 6, 6-3, 7-5.

Vukovic lost a nail-biter on No. 2 in a 6-10 tiebreak, losing the game, 3-6, 6-2, 6-10.

Saylor lost in straight sets on No. 5, 3-6, 2-6.

The Hoosier squad improves to 4-1 on the season. Up next, Indiana will compete against Dartmouth at 11 a.m. at the IU Tennis Center.

Final Results

Indiana 5, Ball State 2
Singles competition
1. Patrick Fletchall (IU) def. Nathaniel Webster (BSU), 6-3, 6-2
2. Vince Orlando (BSU) def. Luka Vukovic (IU), 6-3, 2-6, 10-6
3. Sam Landau (IU) def. Danilo Kovacevic (BSU), 6-0, 6-0
4. Ilya Tiraspolsky (IU) def. Eli Herran (BSU), 6-1, 6-4
5. Jacks Lancaster (BSU) def. Jagger Saylor (IU), 6-3, 6-2
6. Ekansh Kumar (IU) def. Petar Petrovic (BSU), 6-3, 7-5

Doubles competition
1. Fletchall/Saylor (IU) def. Kovacevic/Simmons (BSU), 6-2
2. Boulier/Landau (IU) vs. Orlando/Herran (BSU), 6-5, unfinished
3. Vukovic/Kumar (IU) def. Wojitalik/Fletcher (BSU), 7-5

Order of Finish:
Singles: 3, 1, 4, 5, 6, 2
Doubles: 1, 3, 2-unfinished