Ball State’s men’s tennis team picked up another win at home today, beating IUPUI 6-1.
The match began with Ball State winning two of the three doubles matches, taking the doubles point early to take a quick 1-0 lead.
From there, Ball State continued to win, with No. 2 seed Patrick Elliot beating IUPUI’s Alex Toliver 6-2, 6-0. No. 4 seed Austin Smith would get another point for Ball State, beating Thomas Gans 6-2, 6-0.
The Cardinals’ No. 3 seed Lucas Andersen would pick up the match winning point, beating the Jaguar’s Jacob Bradley 6-2, 6-1.
Ball State’s No.6 seed Andrew Stutz would also win his match against Manuel Laboy 6-2, 6-1.
The No.5 seed for Ball State, Patrick Downs, would send the Cardinals home with a close win against Akshay Verma 6-4, 6-7(7-4), 10-7.
“It was a tough mid-week match,” Ball State head coach Bill Richards said. “It’s hard to go back to non-conference play and keep everyone focused on this match and be looking ahead to the conference match against Buffalo, but everyone handled it pretty well.”
Ball State improves to 11-9 with today’s home win and will return to Mid-American Conference play against Buffalo on Sunday. The match begins at 1 p.m.