WILLIAMSVILLE, NY – The University at Buffalo men's tennis team advanced to Saturday's Mid-American Conference Championship match with a hard-fought 4-3 victory over Northern Illinois in the semifinals on Friday afternoon at the Miller Tennis Center. The Bulls will now face top-seeded Western Michigan on Saturday afternoon for the conference title.
The Bulls came away with the important doubles point and that turned out to be the difference in the match. UB's third doubles team of Ethan Nittolo and Matthew Johnson dropped just one game in a 6-1 victory, while Buffalo clinched the point at second doubles as sophomores Villhelm Fridell and Hao Sheng Koay won, 6-2.