The Butler Men's Tennis team picked up their first win of the season on Sunday morning, thanks to some late heroics from
Nicholas Shirley.
Shirley delivered the winning point with a three-set victory on court five. After winning the first set 6-4 and dropping the second set 1-6, he came back to win the final set in a thrilling tiebreaker, 7-6 (2).Â
The other three points for Butler came courtesy of singles victories from
Nicolas Arts,
Rahulniket Konakanchi, and
Siddhartha Lama, each winning in straight sets.Â
The Bulldogs move to 1-4 on the season. They'll make the short trip to Marian University for their next match on Friday, February 6th.Â
BUTLER 4, TOLEDO 3
Singles
Poonthong Komolpisut (TOL) def.Â
Riccardo Baldi (BUT), 6-4, 7-6 (1)
Nicolas Arts (BUT) def. Lucas Britez (TOL), 7-5, 6-3
Cole Cozens (TOL) def.Â
Ronin Kasday (BUT), 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
Rahulniket Konakanchi (BUT) def. Charlie Snow (TOL), 6-4, 6-4
Nicholas Shirley (BUT) def. Alejandro Gonzalez (TOL), 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (2)
Siddharth Lama (BUT) def. Joshua Mackey (TOL), 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
Cole Cozens /Â Charlie Snow (TOL) def.Â
Riccardo Baldi /Â
Arnesh Singh (BUT), 6-2
Poonthong Komolpisut / Lucas Britez (TOL) vs.Â
Nicolas Arts /Â
Rahulniket Konakanchi (BUT), 5-4, Unfinished
Joshua Mackey /Â Alejandro Gonzalez (TOL) def.Â
Siddharth Lama /Â
Nicholas Balthazor (BUT), 6-3