Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 INDIANAPOLIS - The Marian men's tennis restarted their 2023-24 schedule over the weekend, playing both IUPUI and Butler at their respective indoor home venues. Marian lost on Saturday against IUPUI by a 5-2 score, and on Sunday lost to Butler by a 6-1 final score. Marian is 8-5 overall on the season.

Saturday | Marian 2-5 IUPUI
The Jaguars took the doubles point from Marian, winning at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles to take the 1-0 lead in the match. James Ashworth and Marc Soriano were defeated 6-4 at No. 2 doubles, and Luis Sobanski and Jona Henze were defeated 6-3 at No. 3 doubles. Andrew Ilett and Jones McNamar played to an unfinished 3-3 match at No. 1 doubles.

In singles IUPUI won the first pair of completed matches, taking victory at No. 5 and No. 6. Max Sternberg suffered the 6-2, 6-1 defeat at No. 5 singles, while McNamar was defeated 6-3, 6-2 at No. 6. Luis Sobanski earned Marian's first win of the match with a 7-5, 7-6 (3) win at No. 3 singles, and Marc Soriano won a grueling 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-2 match at No. 4 singles to give Marian their second point of the match.

The Knights were unable to finish off a comeback effort, as IUPUI won at No. 1 and No. 2 singles to win the match 5-2. James Ashworth was defeated in three sets, falling 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 0-1 (3), as his loss at No. 1 cliched IUPUI's win. Jona Henze lost 6-4, 0-6, 7-5 at No. 2 singles to end the match.

RESULTS
No. 1 Doubles | E. Jawkowski/K.Rozerski 3-3 (uf) Jones McNamar/Andrew Ilett
No. 2 Doubles | N. Veste/ B. Benibo 6-4 James Ashworth/Marc Soriano
No. 3 Doubles | S. Paz/L. Rudic 6-3 Luis Sobanski/Jona Henze
No. 5 Singles | L. Rudic 6-2, 6-2 Max Sternberg
No. 6 Singles | E. Mercer 6-3, 6-2 Jones McNamar
No. 3 Singles | Luis Sobanski 7-5, 7-6 (3) N. Viste
No. 4 Singles | Marc Soriano 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-2 N. Day
No. 1 Singles | K. Kozerski 6-7 (6), 7-6 (5), 1-0 (3) James Ashworth
No. 2 Singles | S. Paz 4-6, 6-0, 7-5 Jona Henze
 

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Sunday | Marian 1-6 Butler
The Knights saw a similar fate against Indianapolis' other NCAA DI program, as the Knights fell against Butler 6-1 in the Butler Tennis Bubble. Butler won all three of the doubles matches, taking a 6-0 win at No. 3 doubles as Jones McNamar and Jake Giles were defeated. Andrew Ilett and Marc Soriano were defeated at No. 1 doubles 6-4, and at No. 2 doubles James Ashworth and Iyan Cresens lost 7-6 (7-2). 

In singles the Knights claimed one victory, with Luis Sobanski earning the team's victory at No. 3 singles in a three-set match. Andrew Ilett and James Ashworth suffered losses and gave the Bulldogs their second and third team point of the match, and Jan Bartolome's loss at No. 4 singles would clinch the match for Butler. Jake Giles and Iyan Cresens played at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, with the two players both dropping one-set matches by identical 8-1 scores.

RESULTS
No. 3 Doubles | N. Shirley/N. Balthazor 6-0 Jones McNamar, Jake Giles
No. 1 Doubles | A. Huerte/N. Arts 6-4 Andrew Ilett/Marc Soriano
No. 2 Doubles | R. Konakanchi/ P. Joss 7-6 (2) James Ashworth/Iyan Cresens
No. 2 Singles | N. Arts 6-1, 6-1 A. Ilett
No. 1 Singles | R. Konakanchi 6-4, 6-4 J. Ashworth
No. 4 Singles | A. William 6-4, 6-2 Jan Bartolome
No. 3 Singles | Luis Sobanski 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (5) P. Joss
No. 5 Singles | M. Kerr 8-1 Jake Giles
No. 6 Singles | A. Singh 8-1 Iyan Cresens

Marian will not play again until February, returning to action on Sunday the 18th at the Indy Healthplex against Oakland City. 

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