The Butler men's tennis team notched their first home victory of 2019, taking down Youngstown State 6-1. The Bulldogs swept the doubles point and won five out of six singles matches to defeat the Penguins.

Michael Dickson and Mason Dragos started on a high note for the Bulldogs, taking down Joao Garretto and Danylo Veremeichuk 6-3 in the No. 1 doubles spot. Thomas Brennan and Spencer Lang clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 victory in the No. 3 spot.

Dragos took care of business in the No. 1 singles spot, defeating Veremeichuk 6-4, 6-4. Aviv Ben Shabat came from behind in No. 3 singles, topping Luke Purser 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.

Newcomer Thomas Brennan won a hard-fought victory in the No. 4 spot. Brennan came back from a 6-3 loss in the first set, and battled a 6-1 deficit in the second set tiebreaker, before holding off five straight match points to win the tiebreaker 8-6. Brennan went on to clinch the victory 6-2 in the third set.

Ryan Roegner defeated Erik Gran 7-5, 7-5 in the No. 5 spot, followed by a win in the No. 6 spot from Spencer Lang. The senior captain also came back from a first set loss to take set two 7-6, and set
three 10-4.

The Bulldogs are back in action tomorrow, Feb. 2, taking on Cleveland State at 2 p.m. and Marian at 6 p.m. Both matches will be played at the Butler Tennis Bubble.

Singles

1. Mason Dragos def. Danylo Veremeichuk (YSU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Joao Garretto (YSU) def. Michael Dickson (YSU)  7-5, 6-1
3. Aviv Ben Shabat def. Luke Purser (YSU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
4. Thomas Brennan def. Yossi Dahan (YSU) 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2
5. Ryan Roegner def. Erik Gran (YSU) 7-5, 7-5
6. Spencer Lang def. Pol Virgili Blanco  (YSU)  3-6, 7-6, 10-4

Doubles

1. Dragos/Dickson def. Garretto/Veremeichuck (YSU) 6-3
2. Ben Shabat/Adrian Mag vs. Dahan/Gran 5-2 (unfinished)
3. Brennan/Lang def. Purser/Pol Virgili Blanco (Bellarmine) 6-0

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