Hoosiers rebound from loss

The No. 42 men's tennis team snapped its one match losing streak when they defeated No. 60 Ball State 4-3 in Muncie yesterday. Ball State had won five straight coming into the match. IU is now 9-1 for the season.\nIU started off cold as Ball State won all of the doubles matches to win the doubles point. The Hoosiers were up in all of the matches but couldn't pull out the wins.\n"I was livid after the doubles," coach Matt Pledger said in a statement. "I told them that once they get an opponent down, I expect them to nail their opponent to the wall."\nIU rebounded in the singles matches as it won four straight singles matches out of the six. Sophomore Jakub Praibis started it off with a straight-set win at No. 1 singles. The win was his 10th of the season.\nSophomore Ryan Recht stopped a personal losing streak by winning his No. 5 singles match 6-1, 6-4. Senior Zack Held won at No. 4 singles 6-4, 6-4.\nFreshman Viktor Libal put the Hoosiers on top with his come-from-behind victory in No. 2 singles. He lost the first set but responded to win the next two.\n"I was really disappointed with the way the guys played in doubles," Pledger said. "I was pleased with the way they played in singles though. They went out there and got the job done"