Xavier University
Butler
Musketeers Dominate Bulldogs 7-0 Tuesday
02.15.11 | Men's Tennis
Feb. 15, 2011
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CINCINNATI -- The Xavier men's tennis team earned its second straight win with a 7-0 drubbing of Butler Tuesday afternoon. With the victory, the Musketeers improved to 3-5 while the Bulldogs fell to 1-7 on the season.
"Any time you can beat a good program like Butler the way we did today, you know your guys had a good day," said Xavier head coach Eric Toth. "Mesa Mei, Brian Starr, and Brandon MacDonald did an outstanding job at establishing leads in their matches early and winning quickly to clinch the match before Butler could get into it. This win is a great start to a big week for our team. We look forward to Atlantic 10 competition this week and we'll be ready for Duquesne on Friday."
MacDonald defeated Butler's Chris Herron 6-2, 6-2 in the No. 3 slot, Mesa Mei and Brian Starr earned 6-1, 6-0 wins at No. 4 and No. 6 respectively. Senior Bobby Deye sealed the XU sweep with a 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 win over Brandon Bayliss at No. 1.
In doubles action, XU swept all matches with Philip Diaz and MacDonald earning an 8-5 win at No. 3.
The Musketeers begin A-10 play Friday, February 18 as they travel to Duquesne for a 6 p.m. contest.
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