On Friday afternoon the Butler Men's Tennis team fell to Xavier in the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Tournament. Xavier will advance to the semifinals.  

Butler was able to win the doubles point thanks to wins on courts 1 and 2. All 3 matches went to a tiebreaker. On court 2 Arnesh Singh and Riccardo Baldi defeated Alexander Kotarski and Christian Gonzalez 7-6 (8-6). Xavier took the match on court 3. On court 1, the duo of Nicolas Arts and Rahulniket Konakanchi took down Ryan Cahill and Pascal Mosberger 7-5 in their tiebreaker, clinching the doubles point for the Dawgs. 

As for singles play, Xavier was able to win 4 of the 6 matches. The Musketeers won on courts 2, 3,4, and 6. The match on court 6 was the match that clinched the win for Xavier. On court 5, Nicholas Shirley defeated Kyle Totorica 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Over on court 1, senior Patrick Joss won his final match as a Dawg. Joss beat Ryan Cahill 6-4, 6-2. 

With the loss, Butler's season has come to an end. 

Results Xavier 4 Butler 3 

Singles 

No 1 Patrick Joss (BUT) def Ryan Cahill (XU) 6-4, 6-2

No 2 Pascal Mosberger (XU) def Riccardo Baldi (BUT) 6-3, 7-6

No 3 Alexander Kotarski (XU) def Nicolas Arts (BUT) 6-3, 6-4

No 4 Christian Gonzalez (XU) def Rahulniket Konakanchi (BUT) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5

No 5 Nicholas Shirley (BUT) def Kyle Totorica (XU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 

No 6 Andrew Spurck (XU) def Aidan William (BUT) 7-6, 7-5

Doubles 

No 1 Nicolas Arts / Rahulniket Konakanchi (BUT) def Ryan Cahill / Pascal Mosberger (XU) 7-6

No 2 Riccardo Baldi / Arnesh Singh (BUT) def Christian Gonzalez / Alexander Kotarski (XU) 7-6

No 3 Kyle Totrica / Charlie Temming (XU) def Patrick Joss / Nicholas Shirley (BUT) 7-6