Butler men's tennis ended the regular season with a victory over Marquette. The Bulldogs finished the regular season on a three-match winning streak putting them at 7-7 and 2-1 in BIG EAST play.
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Marquette took the doubles point winning the first and third flights.
Drew Michael and
Alvaro Huete Vadillo were leading in the second flight but that went unfinished.
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Borja Miralles tied the match by getting the first point in singles, winning the fifth flight in straight sets. Huete Vadillo and
Thomas Brennan gave Butler the lead by winning their flights both also in straight sets. Marquette then tied it after taking the second and third flights. In the tiebreaking sixth flight,
Filip Tensing came back after dropping the first set to win in three.
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Brennan and Huete Vadillo are both now 7-3 from their respective singles flights.
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Next up for the Bulldogs is the BIG EAST tournament starting on Thursday, April 22 hosted in Cayce, South Carolina.
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Singles (Order of finish: 5, 4, 1, 3, 2, 6)
1.
Brennan (BU) def. San Andres (MU) 7-6, 6-0
2. Heredia (MU) def.
Dickson (BU) 6-7, 6-4, 6-3
3. Dragovic (MU) def.
Michael (BU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
4.
Huete Vadillo (BU) def. Krstulovic (MU) 6-3, 6-2
5.
Miralles (BU) def. Kijac (MU) 6-3, 6-2
6.
Tensing (BU) def. Brady (MU) 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
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Doubles (Order of finish: 3,1)
1. San Andres/Heredia (MU) def.
Dickson/
Brennan (BU) 6-4
2.
Michael/
Huete Vadillo (BU) led Dragovic/Brady (MU) 5-4 unfinished
3. Scheetz/Khalafallah (MU) def.
Miralles/
Trimpe (BU) 6-3
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