Friday, March 26
Lewis Tennis Center
05:00 PM

Lehigh University

1
vs
6

Temple

Laffey wins again but Lehigh falls to Temple 6-1

3/26/2010 8:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Junior Collin Laffey picked up his third straight win at No. 2 singles for Lehigh, but it wasn’t enough as the Mountain Hawks began a stretch of three matches in four days with a 6-1 loss to Temple Friday at the Lewis Tennis Center. The visiting Owls swept the doubles matches and won five of the six singles matches to improve to 6-7, while Lehigh falls to 6-7 with the setback.

 

Temple clinched the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, while junior Troy List and Laffey battled to the end against brothers Filip and Kacper Rams at No. 1 doubles before falling in a tiebreak.

 

In singles play, Laffey downed Dmitri Vizhunov 6-4, 6-2 at No. 2 singles but it was the only win the Mountain Hawks could muster. The Owls picked up wins at No. 5 and No. 6 singles and Filip Rams won the battle of No. 1 singles players over List 6-0, 6-3.

 

With the team score decided, the teams played eight-game pro sets at No. 3 and No. 4 singles, with Andrey Morozov downing sophomore Leland Richardson 8-1 and Kacper Rams rallying to defeat sophomore Edgars Rauza 8-5.

 

The Mountain Hawks will return to action on Sunday when they travel to West Point, N.Y. for a neutral-site Patriot League match against Holy Cross. First serves are set for noon from Army’s Malek Tennis Courts.

 

Temple 6, Lehigh 1

Doubles

1. Rams/Rams (TU) def. List/Laffey (LU) 9-8

2. Morozov/Stekolshikov (TU) def. Richardson/Silbert (LU) 8-5

3. Vizhunov/Gishkaev (TU) def. Krueger/Krentz (LU) 8-3

 

Singles

1. Filip Rams (TU) def. Troy List (LU) 6-0, 6-3

2. Collin Laffey (LU) def. Dmitri Vizhunov (TU) 6-4, 6-2

3. Andrey Morozov (TU) def. Leland Richardson (LU) 8-1

4. Kacper Rams (TU) def. Edgars Rauza (LU) 8-5

5. Mansur Gishkaev (TU) def. Ryan Krueger (LU) 6-2, 6-3

6. Stanislav Stekolshikov (TU) def. Andrew Krentz (LU) 6-3, 6-2


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