The Butler men’s tennis team completed its regular season schedule with a 5-2 loss to Cleveland State.

The match was played at Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers.

Sophomore Sam O’Neill won the No. 3 singles match two sets to one.

Sophomore Billy Weldon was victorious in his No. 5 singles match, winning in straight sets.

The men’s team ended its regular season with a record of 9-12.

The Bulldogs begin postseason play in the Atlantic 10 Conference Championships Friday in Mason, Ohio.

No. 9 seed Butler will play No. 8 Saint Joseph’s at noon Thursday.

The No. 13-seeded Butler women’s tennis team finished its season with a 4-0 loss to No. 4 Richmond in the first round of the A-10 Championships in Charlottesville, Va.

Senior Brittany Farmer and junior Caroline Hedrick won the No. 1 doubles match 8-6.

Hedrick was named the squad’s most valuable player yesterday.

The women’s team finished its season with a record of 4-17.

The Butler men’s tennis team will be taking a three-match win streak into its contest with Iowa on Saturday.

The Bulldogs earned a 6-1 victory over ASA College last Friday.

The Bulldogs won the doubles point before going on to win five of six singles matches.

Sophomore Sam O’Neill won in straight sets at No. 4 singles for Butler.

Sophomores Pulok Bhattacharya, Tommy Marx, Billy Weldon and freshman Brandon Woods each won single matches in three sets.

Bhattacharya and Weldon lead the team in singles wins with 10 apiece.

Weldon and sophomore Austin Woldmoe are leading the team in doubles with a 12-7 record.

The Bulldogs are now 4-3 on the season.

The match this weekend will take place at Iowa, starting at 3 p.m.

The Butler women’s tennis team lost at Illinois State 7-1 on Saturday.

Senior Brittany Farmer picked up a win in the No. 3  singles match.

The Bulldogs (1-4) play at Ball State tomorrow at 2 p.m.

The Butler women’s tennis team defeated Green Bay 7-0 Sunday.

Sophomores Stephanie McLoughlin and Gabrielle Rubenstein won 8-1 in their No. 1 doubles match.

Seniors Cam Thompson and Ashley Breitenbach won 8-4 in No. 2 doubles to secure the point for the Bulldogs (7-13, 4-2).

Butler also won all of its singles matches against the Phoenix (4-12, 2-5).

The day before, the Bulldogs fell to Milwaukee 6-1.

McLoughlin and Rubenstein won 8-3 at No. 1 doubles, and the team of junior Brittany Farmer and sophomore Caroline Hedrick also picked up an 8-3 win at No. 2 doubles.

The Bulldogs could not overcome losses in all six singles contests to the Panthers (12-7, 5-1).

Butler now sits one game back of second place in the conference standings.

The Butler men’s tennis team was defeated by Green Bay 6-1 on Sunday.

The Bulldogs (3-18, 2-3) captured the doubles point against the Phoenix (16-6, 5-1) with victories in the No. 2 and No. 3 spots.

Freshman Tommy Marx and senior Zach Ervin won 8-2 at No. 2 doubles, and senior Stephen McLoughlin and freshman Sam O’Neill won 9-8 at No. 3 doubles.

The loss was the Bulldogs’ fifth straight and dropped the team to sixth place in the Horizon League.

Both Butler teams finish their regular season with matches at Cleveland State on Saturday and at Youngstown State on Sunday.

The Butler men’s tennis team had its most successful stretch of the season, winning two conference matches.

The Bulldogs (3-13, 2-0) won 5-2 at Illinois-Chicago 5-2 on Sunday.

Despite being swept in doubles play, Butler managed to claim victories all six singles match against the Flames (2-11, 0-2).

Freshman Austin Woldmoe led the Bulldogs with a 7-5, 6-3 victory at No. 1 singles. Woldmoe was named the Horizon League Men’s Tennis Player of the Week after Butler’s two wins.

The Bulldogs also recorded a 5-2 win at Valparaiso on Saturday.

The Bulldogs defeated the Crusaders (6-7, 0-2) in four of six singles matches and two of three doubles matches.

Woldmoe and freshmen Pulok Bhattacharya, Billy Weldon and Sam O’Neill all walked away with wins in singles action.

Woldmoe and Weldon were victorious in No. 1 doubles play while Bhattacharya and O’Neill grabbed a win at No. 3 doubles.

The men will take on Ball State today at 2:30 p.m.

The Butler men’s tennis team captured its elusive first victory of the spring season on Friday.

The Bulldogs (1-11) put an end to a 10-match losing streak with a 4-3 win over Bradley.

Butler defeated the Braves (5-8) at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles to take the doubles point.

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Freshmen Billy Weldon and Austin Woldmoe got the ball rolling in doubles action for the Bulldogs by topping sophomores Ashton Kalhorn and Hamish Weerasinghe 8-4 at No. 1 doubles.

At No. 3 doubles, Butler freshmen Pulok Bhattacharya and Sam O’Neill walked away with an 8-3 win over junior Eric Nguyen and freshman Ahmed Albitar.

Singles victories from Woldmoe, Weldon and freshman Tommy Marx sealed the deal for the Bulldogs.

Woldmoe downed Bradley sophomore Gabriel Townes at No. 1 singles 6-1, 6-2, while Marx topped junior Juan Diego Cuadrado 6-3, 6-4 in No. 2 singles action.

Weldon picked up a crucial win for the Bulldogs at No. 5 singles, defeating Weerasinghe 6-3, 0-6, 6-4.

The momentum from the win against Bradley could not propel Butler past No. 62 Drake the following day, though.

Butler will hit the road again this weekend to take on Dayton Friday and No. 26 Indiana Saturday.

The Butler men’s tennis team continued to struggle with a 5-2 loss at Eastern Kentucky last Saturday.

The Bulldogs (0-7) received one of their two victories from freshman Billy Weldon, who defeated senior Emilio Piriz 7-5, 6-2 at No. 5 singles.

“It is a definite confidence boost to get my second singles win of the year,” Weldon said. “I am just focused on contributing as much as I can to each match, so getting a win is always a positive.”

Freshman Sam O’Neill recorded Butler’s other win with a comeback performance at No. 6 singles.

After dropping the opening set 2-6 to sophomore Joao Maio, O’Neill took the second set 7-6 and won the tiebreaker 10-5.

“I was really happy with the way I finished the match,” O’Neill said. “I continued to play my patterns and hit my shots the way I had been in training, and when I got behind, I really increased my energy level to where it should have been from the start.”

Despite the pair of wins for the Bulldogs, Eastern Kentucky took the remainder of the singles matches and all three doubles matches.

“We have had a very tough schedule thus far, and I think that we just need to keep our intensity and work up for each match, and things will come together here soon,” Weldon said. “We are a young team and just have to keep fighting in every match we have.”

Butler will continue its season at Western Michigan at 3 p.m. Friday.

The Butler men’s tennis team continued its losing skid with a 7-0 home loss to No. 66 Harvard on Sunday.

“I just think we are playing a couple tough schools early this season,” freshman Ruben Geeraert said.

Freshman Austin Woldmoe had the team’s best singles showing against the Crimson (5-1), losing to senior Jonathan Pearlman 6-4, 6-3.

“Harvard is one of the best ranked teams to come here, so we were just trying to get experience with the new freshmen,” sophomore Brad DiCarlo said. “To improve we just need to work on our consistency, toughness and serves.”

The Bulldogs (0-5) also suffered two losses Saturday in West Lafayette, falling 7-0 to No. 67 Purdue (3-2) and 5-2 against Southern Illinois.

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Against the Salukis (1-1), Butler received victories from freshman Pulok Bhattacharya at No. 5 singles (4-6, 6-4, 6-0) and freshman Sam O’Neill at No. 6 singles (6-1, 7-6 (7-5)).

The team will continue its season at Eastern Kentucky on Saturday at 1 p.m.

It was a long Homecoming weekend for the Butler men’s tennis team, as the Bulldogs traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee, to compete in the ITA Ohio River Valley Regionals.

Butler grabbed four victories in doubles play as well as a singles victory by freshman Tommy Marx.

Marx won 6-4, 7-5 in his first round matchup, but was knocked out of the tournament by Tennessee freshman Hunter Reese in the second round.

Senior Zach Ervin, freshman Austin Woldmoe and freshman Sam O’Neill also won a match apiece in the consolation bracket before falling to opponents from three different SEC schools in their second round draws.

In doubles action, two Butler duos collected two wins apiece.

Woldmoe and freshman Billy Weldon won two matches (9-7 and 8-2, respectively) before losing to Memphis sophomores David O’Hare and Joe Sallsbury 8-4.

The team of O’Neill and Ervin also had two match victories, but the duo was defeated 8-6 by Kentucky sophomores Maks Gold and Ryuji Hirooka.

Both Butler tennis squads are slated to hit the courts in an alumni match at Butler on Saturday, Oct. 29.

The Butler men’s tennis team gained more experience and picked up some victories at the Ball State Invitational last weekend.

Freshmen Sam O’Neill, Tommy Marx and Ruben Geeraert each earned two victories for the Bulldogs.

O’Neill had the strongest showing of the trio, winning the White Division consolation bracket.

After two byes, he met Duquesne freshman Mehdi Mekaoui and defeated him 6-4, 6-0.

The bracket’s final match featured O’Neill and Geeraert, who was victorious in matches against Duquesne junior Matt Smith (6-1, 6-1) and Northern Illinois freshman Bryant Wei (6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (6)).

After trading 6-2 wins in the first two sets, O’Neill topped Geeraert 1-0 (9) to capture his second victory of the event.

Marx picked up two wins in the Flight A consolation bracket before losing to Green Bay freshman Michael Tenzer 6-3, 6-2.

The Bulldogs will head to Louisville, Ky., for the Louisville Invitational Oct. 14-16.