Bryant downs Quinnipiac, 4-3

HAMDEN, Conn. -- The Bryant University men's tennis team earned a hard-fought 4-3 victory over Quinnipiac on Sunday afternoon. 

How it Happened

• Bryant won the doubles point with victories at No. 2 and No. 3. Diego Serra Sparrow and Marcus Macaulay won 7-6 (7-4) at No. 2, while Ryan Fu and Diego Trejo cruised 6-1 at No. 3.
• Singles turned into quite the battle as Bryant built a 3-0 lead before the Bobcats rallied to tie the match.
• Fu won 6-3, 6-1 at No. 5 and Will Pellegrini won 6-3, 0-6, 6-3 at No. 4.
• Leonardo Mileikowsky then pulled out the clinching point with a dramatic three-set victory at No. 1. Mileikowsky lost the first set 3-6 but battled back to win the second set, 6-2. In the third set, Mileikowski won 7-6 (7-5), claiming the point by winning a long rally. 
• Quinnipiac's three singles points all came in three sets.

Results

Doubles

1. Karagozoglu/Sood (QU) def. Mileikowsky/Baril (BRY), 7-6 (7-4)
2. Serra Sparrow/Macaulay (BRY) def. Brown/Arakaki (QU), 7-6 (7-4)
3. Fu/Trejo (BRY) def. Nyardi/Whelan-Merediz (QU), 6-1

Singles

1. Mileikowsky (BRY) def. Arakaki (QU), 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
2. Whelan-Merediz (QU) def. Serra Sparrow (BRY), 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
3. Sood (QU) def. Peterson (BRY), 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 6-2
4. Pellegrini (BRY) def. Brown (QU), 6-3, 0-6, 6-3
5. Fu (BRY) def. Karagozoglu (QU), 6-3, 6-1
6. Nyardi (QU) def. Sen (BRY), 3-6, 6-4, 6-0

Up Next

The Bulldogs will head to New York on Saturday for a pair of matches against Columbia.