January 25, 2010

BRYANT MEN'S TENNIS DROPS PAIR OVER WEEKEND

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Bryant University men's tennis team dropped a pair of non-conference matches over the weekend, falling to Brown University 7-0 and University of Buffalo, 7-0.  Cristian Balestrieri dropped a hard-fought 6-4, 6-3 decision to Brown's Nathaniel Gorham at No. 1 singles on Saturday and fell to Buffalo's Wojciech Starkiewicz 6-2, 6-2 also at No. 1 singles Sunday. 

Juan Paredes and Kevin Gardiner dropped respective singles matches at No. 2 and No. 3 while Tom Nowak and Andres Orobitg played well but came up short at No. 5 and No. 6.  The Bulldogs travel to NJIT on Feb. 6.

Brown 7, Bryant 0
Doubles
#1 - Klanke/Hill (Brown) def. Gardiner/Paredes (Bryant) 8-5
#2 - Gorham/Deighton (Brown) def. Balestrieri/Hill (Bryant) 8-1
#3 - Musella/Crystal (Brown) def. Nowak/Cournoyer (Bryant) 8-3
Singles
#1 - Nathaniel Gorham (Brown) def. Christian Balestrieri (Bryant) 6-4, 6-3
#2 - Kendrick Au (Brown) def. Juan-Martin Paredes (Bryant) 6-1, 6-2
#3 - Luciano Musella (Brown) def. Kevin Gardiner (Bryant) 6-1, 6-4
#4 - Jimmy Crystal (Brown) def. Nicholai Hill (Bryant) 6-2, 6-0
#5 - Charlie Posner (Brown) def. Thomas Nowak (Bryant) 6-2, 6-0
#6 - Miles Garrigues (Brown) def. Andres Orobitg (Bryant) 6-2, 6-4

Buffalo 7, Bryant 0
Doubles
1. Wojciech Starakiewicz/Kirill Kolomyts (UB) def. Kevin Gardiner/Juan-Martin Paradis (BU) 8-2
2. Marcelo Mazzetto/George Tibil (UB) def. Thomas Nowak/Nicholai Hill (BU) 8-4
3. Mitch Zenaty/Alex Kalinin def. Cristian Ballestieri/Daniel Cournoyer (BU) 8-1
Singles
1. Wojciech Starakiewicz (UB) def. Cristian Balestieri (BU), 6-2, 6-2
2. Marcelo Mazzetto (UB) def. Juan-Martin Paradis (BU), 6-1, 6-1
3. Kirill Kolomyts (UB) def. Kevin Gardiner (BU), 6-1, 6-1
4. Alex Kalinin (UB) def. Nicholai Hill (BU), 6-4, 6-4
5. George Tibil (UB) def. Thomas Nowak (BU), 6-1, 6-1
6. Mitch Zenaty (UB) def. Andres Orobitg (BU) 6-3, 6-2