On Saturday afternoon the Butler Men's Tennis team traveled to West Lafayette to take on the Purdue Boilermakers. Purdue won the match 6-1. Butler falls to 6-7 on the season. 

Purdue started fast, they won the doubles point with wins on courts 1 and 3. Additionally, Purdue was ahead on court 2 before play was stopped due to the results of the other matches. 

As for singles, on courts 1 through 5 Purdue was able to win each match in straight sets. The lone point the Dawgs won came thanks to Aidan William. On court 6 William dropped the first set but was able to come from behind to win the second set and the tiebreaker to defeat Mujtaba Ali-khan 2-6, 6-4, 10-8. 

The Dawgs will have some time off and return March 14th where they will travel to Pennsylvania to take on the Villanova Wildcats.

 
Results Purdue 6 Butler 1 

Singles 

No 1 JD Velasquez (PUR) def Patrick Joss (BUT) 6-2, 6-2

No 2 Henrik Vilanger (PUR) def Riccardo Baldi (BUT) 6-1, 6-2

No 3 Stefan Simeunovic (PUR) def Nicolas Arts (BUT) 6-1, 6-3

No 4 Maj Premzl (PUR) def Rahulniket Konakanchi (BUT) 6-3, 6-1

No 5 Nour Fathalla (PUR) def Nicholas Shirley (BUT) 6-2, 6-2

No 6 Aidan William (BUT) def Mujtaba Ali-khan 2-6, 6-4, 10-8

Doubles 

No 1 JD Velasquez / Aleska Krivokapic (PUR) def Nicolas Arts / Rahulniket Konakanchi (BUT) 6-2

No 2 Daniel Labrador / Nour Fathalla (PUR)  Arnesh Singh / Riccardo Baldi (BUT) UNFINISHED 5-2

No 3 Henrik Vilanger / Maj Premzl (PUR) def Patrick Joss / Nicholas Shirley (BUT) 6-3