Tennis Holds On For 4-3 Win At Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. ? The University of Colorado men’s tennis team received a crucial victory from Marko Bundalo at No. 2 singles and the Buffaloes used the decisive doubles point to their advantage edging No. 66 Nebraska, 4-3, Tuesday afternoon in a Big 12 Conference match up.

With the victory, the No. 45 Buffs improve their record to 7-7 overall and notch its first conference win of the spring in three tries. The Cornhuskers fall to 9-10 overall and remain winless in the Big 12 at 0-3.

With Bundalo down a set and CU holding a 3-1 lead in the singles competition, the Buffs once again saw their lead falter only to have Bundalo rally CU for a 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 win. Over the past two weeks the Buffaloes have held 3-0 advantages over No. 35 Louisville and No. 11 Oklahoma State, only to lose 4-3.

“(Today was) another great step for our program and getting in those situations at 3-all, we got the monkey off our back today,” said CU third-year head coach Sam Winterbotham. “It was nice to get the road win and take another step forward. Now we go to Boise this weekend and to see if we can take more positive steps.”

It was Winterbotham’s third win in a row over Nebraska and CU’s fourth straight win over the ?Huskers since 2002.

The match was started with a CU sweep of the doubles competition that saw Chad Tsuda and Marcos Digliodo win their third match of the dual season with an 8-4 win at No. 1; Bundalo and Peter Bjork claimed their seventh win at No. 2 taking an exciting 9-7 match; and at No. 3, Marek Dvorak and Jan Zelezny won their fifth match in its last six outings securing an 8-5 win.

In singles and a 1-0 advantage, CU pushed ahead 3-1 taking the No. 5 singles match behind Digliodo’s straight set (6-1, 6-2) winner, followed by Dvorak’s two-set win at No. 4 (6-4, 6-1) only to see the home team rally and even the score with wins at No. 1, No. 3, and No. 6. Digliodo won his team-best 17th victory, while Dvorak notched his 15th.

Bundalo, playing only his fourth match of the dual season at No. 2 singles, broke a three-match losing streak and won for the first time this season in three sets.

Colorado continues on the road this weekend at Boise State where they will play three consecutive matches in as many days beginning April 1^st at the No. 31 Broncos. There after, CU will play No. 50 South Alabama (April 2) and Idaho (April 3).

No. 45 Colorado 4, No. 66 Nebraska 3

CU (7-7, 1-2), NU (9-10, 0-3)

March 29, Lincoln, Neb.

Doubles

1) Tsuda/Digliodo (CU) def. Posch/Reckewey 8-4

2) Bundalo/Bjork (CU) def. Rivera/Barthel 9-7

3) Dvorak/Zelezny (CU) def. Szatmary/Clow 8-5

Singles

1) Jerry Posch (NU) def. Jan Zelezny 6-4, 6-4

2) Marko Bundalo (CU) def. Adrian Szatmary 6-7, 6-3, 6-4

3) James Clow (NU) def. Peter Bjork 7-5, 3-6, 6-1

4) Marek Dvorak (CU) def. Jose Rivera 6-4, 6-1