INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Green Bay men's tennis team suffered a tough 6-1 loss at Butler on Friday in a contest in which four of the six singles matches went to three sets. As a result of the defeat, the Phoenix fell to 11-8 overall and 3-3 in Horizon League play.

The lone singles winner for the Phoenix was Henning Jess (Kaltenkirchen, Germany), who claimed a 7-6, 0-6, 7-6 victory over Lenz Theodor at No. 5.

Green Bay also had a doubles squad pick up a win, as Matt Clegg (Stevens Point, Wis.) and Marko Skoric (Zagreb, Croatia) secured an 8-4 triumph.

Green Bay lost a trio of three-setters in singles play, with Paul Swanson (Coon Rapids, Minn.) at No. 1, Fabian Gogolin (Cologne, Germany) at No. 3 and Josh Oothoudt (Minot, N.D.) at No. 4. As a result the final score was not indicative of the quality of the match.

The Phoenix is next in action at Wright State on Saturday.

Butler 6, Green Bay 1

Doubles

No. 1  Raynauld/Warren def. Gogolin/Oothoudt 8-3

No. 2  Clegg/Skoric def. Theodor/Stephen McLoughlin 8-4

No. 3  Herron/Ervin def. Swanson/Jess 8-4

Singles

No. 1  Ben Raynauld (BU) def. Paul Swanson (GB) 7-6, 1-6, 6-1

No. 2  Chris Herron (BU) def. Matt Clegg (GB) 6-2, 6-1

No. 3  Bryce Warren (BU) def. Fabian Gogolin (GB) 6-7, 6-1, 6-4

No. 4  Brandon Bayliss (BU) def. Josh Oothoudt (GB) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2

No. 5  Henning Jess (GB) def. Lenz Theodor (BU) 7-6, 0-6, 7-6

No. 6  Zach Ervin (BU) def. Marko Skoric (GB) 6-3, 6-2