• » Schedule/Results
• » Roster
• » News
• » Archives

Jan. 20, 2007

Indianapolis, Ind. - The Butler men's tennis team opened up the spring season at home against IUPUI on Friday (Jan. 19) and scored a convincing 5-2 victory over the cross-town rival Jaguars on the heels of four two-set singles wins.

The Bulldogs claimed the doubles point thanks to strong 8-3 showings by No. 1 duo James Low and Ben Raynauld and No. 2 pair Eric Breitenbach and Sandy Berry.

At No. 2 singles, Evan West scored a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Javier Saab, while No. 3 Breitenbach added a 6-1, 6-3 decision over Ross Gehlhausen. Raynauld scored a dominant 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 4 singles, ousting Gregory Sosa, and Berry chipped in with a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 5 over Greg Fallowfield.

The Bulldogs return to action on Saturday (Jan. 20) when they head to Ann Arbor, Mich. to face the No. 32 Wolverines at Varsity Tennis Center.

Singles
No. 1 Gabrielle Garcia (IUPUI) def. James Low, 0-6, 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 Evan West (BU) def. Javier Saab, 6-1, 6-4
No. 3 Eric Breitenbach (BU) def. Ross Gehlhausen, 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 Ben Raynauld (BU) def. Gregory Sosa, 6-0, 6-2
No. 5 Sandy Berry (BU) def. Greg Fallowfield, 6-2, 6-3
No. 6 Tsuyoshi Yamabe (IUPUI) def. Chris Peric, 6-4, 6-3

Doubles
No. 1 Low/Raynauld (BU) def. Saab/Sosa, 8-3
No. 2 Breitenbach/Berry (BU) def. Gehlhausen/Yamabe, 8-3
No. 3 Garcia/Dean Guyer (IUPUI) def. West/Sam Brown, 8-0