Butler opened the 2026 spring season in Bloomington, falling 7-0 to Indiana Saturday morning.
 
Nicholas Shirley split sets at No. 4 singles, ultimately falling in a third-set match tiebreaker, 10-7, to Indiana's Deacon Thomas.
 
The Bulldogs return to action Sunday, Jan. 18, with the team's home opener against Eastern Kentucky.
 
INDIANA 7, BUTLER 0 

Singles 

1. Facundo Yunis (IU) def. Riccardo Baldi (BUT), 6-3, 6-0
2. Braeden Gelletich (IU) def. Nicolas Arts (BUT), 6-0, 6-2
3. Ben Pomeranets (IU) def. Ronin Kasday (BUT), 6-1, 6-2 
4. Deacon Thomas (IU) def. Nicholas Shirley (BUT), 3-6, 6-1, 10-7
5. Aryan Badlani (IU) def. Siddhartha Lama (BUT), 6-4, 6-4 
6. Aidan Atwood (IU) def. Nicholas Balthazor (BUT), 6-1, 6-0

Doubles 

1. Matteo Antonescu/Michael Andre (IU) vs Nicolas Arts / Rahulniket Konakanchi (BUT), 6-5, unfinished. 
2. Facundo Yunis/Braeden Gelletich (IU) def. Arnesh Singh / Riccardo Baldi (BUT), 6-2
3. Sam Scherer/Jip van Assendelft (IU) def. Nicholas Shirley / Siddhartha Lama (BUT), 6-3