The Ball State men’s tennis team lost its third match of the season against the Big Ten’s No. 33 Indiana 6-1 Sunday at the IU Indoor Tennis Center.
The Cardinals are now 3-3 on the young season while the Hoosiers improved to 4-5.
The Hoosiers got off to a hot start as they swept all three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead. The duo of Patrick Elliott and Austin Sansone came close for Ball State but they fell 8-7 in the third doubles match.
The Hoosiers hot start rolled over into singles action where they won five of the six competitions. The lone winner for the Cardinals was Austin Smith who defeated Elliott Yee 6-1, 6-3 at the No. 6 position.
The Cardinals’ top two singles players, Ray Leonard and Dalton Albertin, took the first set in their matches but were unable to finish. They both lost in three sets.
Ball State’s loss snapped its three-game win streak, in which it defeated all three teams in dominating 7-0 fashion.
Ball State returns home Friday to face Brown in the first match of a key six-game homestand. The Cardinals are 3-0 at home this season with a combined score of 21-0. They will face four in-state schools during the homstand, IUPUI, IPFW, Indiana Tech and Anderson.
