Saturday’s doubleheader at the Butler Bubble brought mixed results for the Butler University men’s tennis team. In the morning, the Bulldogs fell to the Valparaiso University Crusaders 7-0. Butler closed out the day by slamming the University of Northwestern Ohio Racers 6-1 in the nightcap.
After Jeffrey Schorsch and Charlie Emhardt of Valparaiso defeated freshman Mason Dragos and junior Mikheil Khmiadashvili 6-2 the Crusaders claimed the doubles point. Khmiadashvili was the only Bulldog to force his singles match to three sets, losing 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, while freshman Ari Gerstein forced a 4-6, 7-6 (3-7) tiebreak.