The Bulldogs picked up their fifth straight win with a 5-2 triumph at Cleveland State Friday afternoon. The result moves the Bulldogs to 6-2 on the spring season. Friday's match was played at the Medical Mutual Tennis Pavilion.

Butler picked up the doubles point with wins on the No. 2 and No. 3 courts. Those results started 2-0 days for Butler's Spencer Lang and Ari Gerstein. After winning their respective doubles matches, Lang and Gerstein also posted straight-set wins at No. 3 and No. 5 singles.

Lope Adelakun was the first Bulldog to get in the win column with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Mirko Radosevic at No. 6 singles. His victory gave Butler a 2-1 lead after CSU had won at No. 1 singles.

Lang and Gerstein's wins got the Bulldogs to four overall and clinched the team result. Cleveland State then won the No. 4 court in a third-set match tiebreaker.

Mason Dragos closed out the match with a three-set win over CSU's Matthew Terry at No. 1 singles, giving Butler the final 5-2 advantage.

Butler will remain in Cleveland overnight and then face Bucknell at 10 a.m. Saturday morning utilizing the Vikings' courts for a neutral site contest.

Singles

1. Mason Dragos (Butler) def. Matthew Terry, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
2. Luke Phillips (CSU) def. Aviv Ben Shabat, 6-3, 6-2
3. Spencer Lang (Butler) def. Gabriel Evtimov, 6-3, 7-5
4. Benjamin Slade (CSU) def. Michael Dickson, 7-6, 4-6, 1-0 (8)
5. Ari Gerstein (Butler) def. William Malm, 6-4, 7-6
6. Lope Adelakun (Butler) def. Mirko Radosevic, 6-4, 6-4

Doubles

1. Slade/Radosevic (CSU) led Dragos/Ben Shabat, 5-4 (Did Not Finish)
2. Lang/Dickson (Butler) def. Phillips/Malm, 6-3
3. Gerstein / Adrian Mag (Butler) def. Terry/Santilli, 6-4