Lehigh University
Colgate
Mountain Hawks blank Colgate on Sunday
4/9/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
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The Mountain Hawks jumped to an early 1-0 behind three doubles victories. Lehigh’s top doubles team of senior Randall Smalley and junior John Nespoli needed a tiebreaker to top Marshall Wheeler and Mickey Gallagher 8-7.
In singles play, Lehigh rolled to six straight-set victories. Junior Brad Nelson was taken to a first set tiebreaker at fourth singles, but Nelson held on for a 7-6, 6-1 win over Wheeler. Smalley, Ryan Lloyd, Alfredo-Fernandez Concha, Nespoi and Andrew Balshi all collected singles win for the Brown and White.
The Mountain Hawks will return to action on Tuesday, when they travel to archrival
Lehigh 7 Colgate 0
Doubles
1. Smalley/Nespoli (LU) def. Wheeler/Gallagher (CU) 8-7
2. Nelson/Fernandez-Concha (LU) def. MacIntyre/Innes (CU) 8-2
3. Lloyd/Balshi (LU) def. Deck/Shea (CU) 8-2
Singles
1. Randall Smalley (LU) def. Chris Innes (CU) 6-3, 6-4
2. Ryan Lloyd (LU) def. Martin MacIntyre (CU) 6-3, 6-1
3. Alfredo Fernandez-Concha (LU) def. Mickey Gallagher (CU) 6-4, 6-2
4. Brad Nelson (LU) def. Marshall Wheeler (CU) 7-6, 6-1
5. John Nespoli (LU) def. Tyler Deck (CU) 6-2, 6-3
6. Andrew Balshi (LU) def. Mike Shea (CU) 6-0, 6-3
