Friday, February 4
Lewis Tennis Center
11:00:00 AM

Lehigh University

2
vs
5

Stetson

Mountain Hawks hang tough but fall 5-2 to Stetson

2/4/2011 11:09:00 PM | Men's Tennis

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Seniors Troy List and Collin Laffey knocked off one of the nation's top doubles teams, but it wasn't enough as Lehigh fell to Stetson 5-2 Friday afternoon at the Lewis Tennis Center. The visiting Hatters won two doubles matches and four of six singles matches on the day. Sophomore Matt Savran and freshman Mark Goldberg won three-set singles matches for Lehigh, which falls to 1-2 on the season.
 
List and Laffey got the Mountain Hawks on a strong note beating Max Levanovich and Njal Stene 8-5 at No. 1 doubles. The Stetson duo entered the match ranked No. 42 in the country. The Hatters captured the first point with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles.
 
Stetson's lead grew to 3-0 with wins at the first two singles flights, before Savran and Goldberg put Lehigh on the board with wins at No. 3 and No. 4 singles with both Mountain Hawks needed third set tiebreaks to prevail.
 
Savran won his tiebreak 7-3 to defeat Hans A. Riseng 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 at No. 3 singles, while Goldberg prevailed 8-6 in his tiebreak to win 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 over Stene at fourth singles.
 
Didrik Berg clinched the match for Stetson with a straight set win over junior Edgars Rauza.
 
The Mountain Hawks will return to the court on Saturday when they host Georgetown at 9 a.m.
 
Stetson 5, Lehigh 2
Doubles
1. List/Laffey (LU) def. Levanovich/Stene (SU) 8-5
2. Gallo/Berg (SU) def. Savran/Silbert (LU) 8-2
3. Hackett/Swanteson (SU) def. Goldberg/Pacheco (LU) 8-5
Singles
1. Max Levanovich (SU) def. Troy List (LU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Cesare Gallo (SU) def. Collin Laffey (LU) 6-0, 6-4
3. Matt Savran (LU) def. Hans A. Riseng (SU) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6
4. Mark Goldberg (LU) def. Njal Stene (SU) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6
5. Didrik Berg (SU) def. Edgars Rauza (LU) 6-3, 6-1
6. Alex Hackett (SU) def. Andrew Krentz (LU) 6-1, 6-4

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