On Friday afternoon the Butler Men's Tennis Team defeated the Saint Louis Billikens 4-0 to move to 9-7 on the season. 

Butler started fast, grabbing the doubles point thanks to wins on courts 2 and 3. On court 2 the duo of Arnesh Singh and Riccardo Baldi won 6-3 over Luca Lo Nordo and Sansh Kumar. On court 3 the duo of Patrick Joss and Nicholas Shirley comfortably knocked off Max Chen and Riki Koshimizu 6-1, clinching the doubles point for the Bulldogs. 

As for singles, it was all Butler. On court 3 Nicolas Arts beat Valentin Vasquez 6-1, 6-2. Rahulniket Konakanchi and Riki Koshimizu competed on court 4. Konakanchi comfortably won 6-1, 6-2. On court 6 Aidan William picked up his 4th singles win in a row, he beat Sansh Kumar 6-4, 6-2. The win from William clinched the match for the Dawgs. 

The match was played in the "To Clinch" format. Patrick Joss and Nicholas Shirley were both up a set when play was stopped. 

The Dawgs will look to win their fourth match in a row tomorrow. Butler will welcome Xaiver into the Indianapolis Racquet Club. That match will start at 3pm. 

 

Results Butler 4 Saint Louis 0

Singles 

No 1 Patrick Joss (BUT) vs Andres Castellanos (SLU) 7-6, 5-0 unfinished 

No 2 Riccardo Baldi (BUT) vs Luca No Lardo (SLU) 5-7, 3-2 unfinished

No 3 Nicolas Arts (BUT) def Valentin Vasquez (SLU) 6-1, 6-2

No 4 Rahulniket Konakanchi (BUT) def (SLU) Riki Koshimizu 6-1, 6-2

No 5 Nicholas Shirley (BUT) vs Max Chen (SLU) 7-5, 2-1 unfinished

No 6 Aidan William (BUT) def 6-4, 6-2 Sansh Kumar (SLU) 6-4, 6-2

Doubles 

No 1 Nicolas Arts / Rahulniket Konakanchi (BUT) vs Andres Castellanos (SLU) 5-3 unfinished

No 2 Arnesh Singh / Riccardo Baldi (BUT) def Luca Lo Nordo / Sansh Kumar (SLU)  6-3

No 3 Patrick Joss / Nicholas Shirley (BUT) def Max Chen / Riki Koshimizu (SLU) 6-1