Saturday, April 5
11:00 am
Lehigh University
1
vs
6
Army
Mountain Hawks drop league opener to Army, 6-1
4/5/2014 4:24:00 PM | Men's Tennis
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – In its first match in more than two weeks, the Lehigh men's tennis team fell to Army in its Patriot League opener 6-1 Saturday inside the Lewis Tennis Center. Junior Ben Gilman won at No. 2 singles for Lehigh's only point as the Mountain Hawks fall to 8-6 on the season. Army is now 14-4 and 4-0 in Patriot League games.
The match began with Army sweeping the three doubles matches to claim the doubles point. The closest of the three matches was at the No. 2 flight as Gilman and sophomore Jeremy Kochman lost 8-5 to Asika Isoh and Alex Van Velzer.
Isoh extended the Black Knights' lead with a 6-4, 6-0 win over senior Mark Goldberg at the top singles flight. Gilman then put Lehigh on the board with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Sam Lampman at No. 2 singles.
Army's Caison Best defeated Tyler Hansen 7-5, 6-1 at the No. 4 flight and the Black Knights clinched the match at No. 3 singles as Grant Riechmann beat Kochman. The Lehigh sophomore lost the first set 6-2 before rallying to win the second set in a tiebreak, but Riechmann won the third set 6-4 to clinch the match.
The Black Knights also captured the bottom two singles flights with Van Velzer downing freshman Ethan Bogard in straight sets and then Harrison McCormick rallying from a set down to beat senior Timur Chernykh in a ten point tiebreak at No. 5 singles.
The Mountain Hawks will travel to Saint Joseph's on Monday for a non-league match with first serves set for 3 p.m.
Army 6, Lehigh 1
Doubles
1. McCormick/Riechmann (Army) def. Goldberg/Nardella (LU) 8-3
2. Isoh/Van Velzer (Army) def. Gilman/Kochman (LU) 8-5
3. Barnes/McCasin (Army) def. Hansen/Chernykh (LU) 8-4
Singles
1. Asika Isoh (Army) def. Mark Goldberg (LU) 6-4, 6-0
2. Ben Gilman (LU) def. Sam Lampman (Army) 6-4, 6-1
3. Grant Riechmann (Army) def. Jeremy Kochman (LU) 6-2, 6-7 (7), 6-4
4. Caison Best (Army) def. Tyler Hansen (LU) 7-5, 6-1
5. Harrison McCormick (Army) def. Timur Chernykh (LU) 3-6, 6-0, 10-7
6. Alex Van Velzer (Army) def. Ethan Bogard (LU) 6-2, 6-0
The match began with Army sweeping the three doubles matches to claim the doubles point. The closest of the three matches was at the No. 2 flight as Gilman and sophomore Jeremy Kochman lost 8-5 to Asika Isoh and Alex Van Velzer.
Isoh extended the Black Knights' lead with a 6-4, 6-0 win over senior Mark Goldberg at the top singles flight. Gilman then put Lehigh on the board with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Sam Lampman at No. 2 singles.
Army's Caison Best defeated Tyler Hansen 7-5, 6-1 at the No. 4 flight and the Black Knights clinched the match at No. 3 singles as Grant Riechmann beat Kochman. The Lehigh sophomore lost the first set 6-2 before rallying to win the second set in a tiebreak, but Riechmann won the third set 6-4 to clinch the match.
The Black Knights also captured the bottom two singles flights with Van Velzer downing freshman Ethan Bogard in straight sets and then Harrison McCormick rallying from a set down to beat senior Timur Chernykh in a ten point tiebreak at No. 5 singles.
The Mountain Hawks will travel to Saint Joseph's on Monday for a non-league match with first serves set for 3 p.m.
Army 6, Lehigh 1
Doubles
1. McCormick/Riechmann (Army) def. Goldberg/Nardella (LU) 8-3
2. Isoh/Van Velzer (Army) def. Gilman/Kochman (LU) 8-5
3. Barnes/McCasin (Army) def. Hansen/Chernykh (LU) 8-4
Singles
1. Asika Isoh (Army) def. Mark Goldberg (LU) 6-4, 6-0
2. Ben Gilman (LU) def. Sam Lampman (Army) 6-4, 6-1
3. Grant Riechmann (Army) def. Jeremy Kochman (LU) 6-2, 6-7 (7), 6-4
4. Caison Best (Army) def. Tyler Hansen (LU) 7-5, 6-1
5. Harrison McCormick (Army) def. Timur Chernykh (LU) 3-6, 6-0, 10-7
6. Alex Van Velzer (Army) def. Ethan Bogard (LU) 6-2, 6-0
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