Sunday, March 24
West Point, N.Y.
10:00:00 AM
Lehigh University
2
at
5
Army
Lehigh falls to Army in second Patriot League contest
3/25/2013 2:41:00 AM | Men's Tennis
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Coming off a 7-0 shutout victory against Holy Cross on Saturday, the Lehigh men's tennis team fell to Army 5-2 on Sunday in Lichtenberg Tennis Center. Lehigh drops to 12-4 overall and 1-1 in Patriot League action. Army is right behind Lehigh in the overall standings at 12-5, but remains unbeaten in the Patriot League at 3-0.
The Mountain Hawks were swept in doubles matches, but senior Matt Savran and junior Timur Chernykh picked up singles wins. Savran defeated Peter Sienko in three sets, taking the second one with a 7-5 tiebreak. Chernykh picked up his first win of the season by taking down Benjamin Davies in straight sets in the final singles flight.Junior Mark Goldberg won the first set of his match against Rashad Shelton 6-4 before falling in the next two 6-3 and 6-1. In the third singles flight, sophomore Mitchell Petersen battled back against Caison Best to take the second set 6-4, but fell in the third set by the same score to conclude the day.
Lehigh will continue Patriot League play when it hosts local rival Lafayette at 4 p.m. April 5 on the Ulrich Varsity Courts.
Army 5, Lehigh 2
Doubles
1. Isoh/McCormick (ARMY) def. Petersen/Goldberg (LEHIGH) 8-4
2. Shelton/McCasin (ARMY) def. Savran/Kochman (LEHIGH) 8-6
3. Sienko/Jang-Milsten (ARMY) def. Gilman/Krentz (LEHIGH) 8-5
Singles
1. Asika Isoh (ARMY) def. Ben Gilman (LEHIGH) 6-2, 6-2
3. Caison Best (ARMY) def. Mitchell Petersen (LEHIGH) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
4. Matt Savran (LEHIGH) defeats Peter Sienko (ARMY) 7-6, (7-5), 6-2
5. Harrison McCormick (ARMY) def. Andrew Krentz (LEHIGH) 6-2, 6-1
6. Timur Chernykh (LEHIGH) def. Benjamin Davies (ARMY) 7-5, 6-4
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