Thursday, March 20
4:00 pm
Lehigh University
2
vs
5
Temple
Mountain Hawks fall to Temple, 5-2
3/20/2014 10:08:00 PM | Men's Tennis
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh men's tennis team grabbed the doubles point, but Temple responded by winning five of the six singles matches to down the Mountain Hawks 5-2 on Thursday. Junior Ben Gilman earned Lehigh's lone singles victory at #1 while also teaming with sophomore Jeremy Kochman for a victory at #2 doubles.
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Senior Mark Goldberg and junior Mitchell Petersen won at #1 doubles, 8-7 (1). Bilman and Kochman picked up an 8-3 win at #2 doubles over Nicolas Paulus and Hicham Belkssir to help Lehigh earn the doubles point.
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Gilman topped Paulus at #1 singles, 6-4, 6-3, but that marked Lehigh's final point of the day. Freshman Ethan Bogard did go to three sets at #6 singles, but fell to Santiago Canete, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
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The clinching point came at #5 singles as Temple's Hernan Vasconez defeated senior Timur Chernykh 6-3, 6-4.
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Lehigh returns to action on Sunday when it travels to Philadelphia to face Saint Joseph's.
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Temple 5, Lehigh 2
Doubles
1. Goldberg/Petersen (LU) def. Stipcic/Vasconez (TU) 8-7 (1)
2. Gilman/Kochman (LU) def. Paulus/Belkssir (TU) 8-3
3. Marquart/Naran (TU) def. Chernykh/Hansen (LU) 8-4
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Singles
1. Ben Gilman (LU) def. Nicolas Paulus (TU) 6-4, 6-3
2. Kristian Marquart (TU) def. Mitchell Petersen (LU) 6-3, 6-1
3. Hicham Belkssir (TU) def. Jeremy Kochman (LU) 7-5, 6-3
4. Filip Stipcic (TU) def. Tyler Hansen (LU) 6-1, 6-3
5. Hernan Vasconez (TU) def. Timur Chernykh (LU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Santiago Canete (TU) def. Ethan Bogard (LU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
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Senior Mark Goldberg and junior Mitchell Petersen won at #1 doubles, 8-7 (1). Bilman and Kochman picked up an 8-3 win at #2 doubles over Nicolas Paulus and Hicham Belkssir to help Lehigh earn the doubles point.
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Gilman topped Paulus at #1 singles, 6-4, 6-3, but that marked Lehigh's final point of the day. Freshman Ethan Bogard did go to three sets at #6 singles, but fell to Santiago Canete, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
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The clinching point came at #5 singles as Temple's Hernan Vasconez defeated senior Timur Chernykh 6-3, 6-4.
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Lehigh returns to action on Sunday when it travels to Philadelphia to face Saint Joseph's.
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Temple 5, Lehigh 2
Doubles
1. Goldberg/Petersen (LU) def. Stipcic/Vasconez (TU) 8-7 (1)
2. Gilman/Kochman (LU) def. Paulus/Belkssir (TU) 8-3
3. Marquart/Naran (TU) def. Chernykh/Hansen (LU) 8-4
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Singles
1. Ben Gilman (LU) def. Nicolas Paulus (TU) 6-4, 6-3
2. Kristian Marquart (TU) def. Mitchell Petersen (LU) 6-3, 6-1
3. Hicham Belkssir (TU) def. Jeremy Kochman (LU) 7-5, 6-3
4. Filip Stipcic (TU) def. Tyler Hansen (LU) 6-1, 6-3
5. Hernan Vasconez (TU) def. Timur Chernykh (LU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Santiago Canete (TU) def. Ethan Bogard (LU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
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