March 13, 2007

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Marquette men's tennis team improved to 7-5 today, as they took down the University of Buffalo, 5-1, in Daytona Beach, Florida.

In doubles, the Golden Eagles got quick wins from the duos of Brett Binkley and Mark Rutherford at no. 1 and Pete Van Lieshout and Trent Hagan at no. 2. Binkley and Rutherford defeated Yules Hadisbroto and Kirill Kolomytes, 8-3, while Hagan and Van Lieshout took down the tandem of Nikesh Singh Panthalia and Octavian Stane, 8-4.

"I thought we did a good job of getting off the court quickly at one and two doubles," assistant coach Raj Gill said. "I think as a team we played pretty well today."

In singles action, Binkley, Niko Boulieris and Eric Fleming, all had convincing wins at no. 4, 5 and 6. Hagan earned a victory over Singh Panthlia at no. 1, 6-3, 6-4.

The Golden Eagles will play at Bethune-Cookman tomorrow at noon CT.

-COMPLETE RESULTS-

Singles

No. 1- Trent Hagan (MU) def. Nikesh Singh Panthlia (UB) 6-3, 6-4
No. 2- Mike Rockman (UB) def. Stephen Shao (MU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 3- Mark Rutherford (MU) def. Yules Hadisubroto (UB) dnf Marq. led 7-5, 0-1
No. 4- Brett Binkley (MU) def. Kirill Kolomytes (UB) 6-2, 6-0
No. 5- Niko Boulieris (MU) def. Albert Alant (UB) 6-1, 6-1
No. 6- Eric Fleming (MU) def. Eric Rothstein (UB) 6-1, 6-0

No. 1- Binkley/Rutherford (MU) def. Hadisubroto/Kolomytes (UB) 8-3
No. 2- Hagan/Van Lieshout (MU) def. Singh Panthlia/Stane (UB) 8-4
No. 3- Shao/Boulieris (MU) def. Rockman/Alant (UB) 8-7 (5)