Men’s tennis ended the MAC regular season on top with a 4-3 win over Buffalo

MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State men’s tennis team (14-9, 6-5 MAC) played their hearts out today with a hard-fought 4-3 win over Buffalo (9-8, 5-5 MAC) Sunday afternoon at Northwest YMCA.

The Cardinals have secured a spot in next week’s 2023 MAC Tournament, which will be held on Western Michigan’s campus in Kalamazoo. Ball State has won the Kalamazoo tournament three times, in 1991, 2005 and 2011.

“We had our backs against the wall two weeks ago at Northern Illinois, and if we had lost that match, we would have been out of the MAC tournament,” Ball State men’s tennis head coach. Bill Richards said. “After losing the doubles point today, the guys really stepped up and showed a lot of character. We’ve won our last three matches and finished third. I’m proud of the guys for not getting discouraged or down when things went bad. . It’s good to go into the tournament on a good note with these two wins this weekend .”

After losing the doubles point to Buffalo, Ball State slowly began to make a comeback in singles.

Cardinals first baseman Vince Orlando tied the match 1-1 after defeating Buffalo’s Simon Wibler in straight sets 6-2. After that, That is, the Lord followed by a 6-2, 6-2 win over Buffalo’s Theodoris Mitsakos at No. 4.

After Ball State was up 2-1, the Bulls tied the game back up at 2-2 after getting Court No. 3 from the Cardinals.

by Broc Fletcher impressive three-set thriller over Yu-Shiang Huang (2-6, 6-4, 6-1) at No. 6 singles, BSU secured the advantage against Buffalo.

Two fields remain in the extra series, Sajin Smith won Ball State match point with Daniels Sanders 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 at No. 5.