Saturday, February 28
9:00:00 AM
Lehigh University
5
vs
2
Fairleigh Dickinson
Lehigh bounces back with 5-2 win over Fairleigh Dickinson
2/28/2015 3:21:00 PM | Men's Tennis
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – In its first action in two weeks, the Lehigh men's tennis team got back in the win column with a 5-2 triumph over Fairleigh Dickinson Saturday inside the Lewis Tennis Center. The Mountain Hawks won the bottom two doubles flights and then won four out of six singles matches to improve to 5-3 on the season.
Senior Mitchell Petersen, sophomore Ethan Bogard and freshman Jack Petersen were all winners in both doubles and singles for the Mountain Hawks.
Lehigh captured the doubles point with 8-4 victories at the second and third flights. Jack Petersen teamed with sophomore Graham Lehman to defeat Diogo Garnel and Arnaud Valentin at the No. 3 flight and then Mitchell Petersen and Bogard won by the same score over Adam Chan and Jake Whalley to clinch the doubles point.
FDU prevented a Lehigh doubles sweep with a tiebreak win at the top flight.
The Knights evened the match at 1-1 as Arvis Berzins won 6-1, 6-1 over senior Ben Gilman at the top singles flight but Lehigh claimed the next four matches.
Jack Petersen put Lehigh back in front with a convincing 6-1, 6-1 win over Chan at No. 3 singles. Junior Jeremy Kochman won in straight sets over Gonzalo Quintana at No. 4 singles. Bogard then clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Garnel at the No. 5 flight.
Mitchell Petersen moved into the No. 2 singles spots and outlasted Whalley in three sets, winning the first 6-1 and the third 6-2 after dropping the second in a tiebreak.
Fairleigh Dickinson claimed the match at No. 6 singles as Kiran Mani defeated freshman Dylan Karchere-Sun in straight sets.
The Mountain Hawks will close out their eight match home stand on Sunday when they host Connecticut at 10 a.m.
Lehigh 5, Fairleigh Dickinson 2
Doubles
1. Berzins/Quintana (FDU) def. Gilman/Kochman (LU) 8-7 (3)
2. M. Petersen/Bogard (LU) def. Chan/Whalley (FDU) 8-4
3. G. Lehman/J. Petersen (LU) def. Garnel/Valentin (FDU) 8-4
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
Singles
1. Arvis Berzins (FDU) def. Ben Gilman (LU) 6-1, 6-1
2. Mitchell Petersen (LU) def. Jake Whalley (FDU) 6-1, 6-7 (7), 6-2
3. Jack Petersen (LU) def. Adam Chan (FDU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Jeremy Kochman (LU) def. Gonzalo Quintana (FDU) 6-3, 6-3
5. Ethan Bogard (LU) def. Diogo Garnel (FDU) 6-1, 6-4
6. Kiran Mani (FDU) def. Dylan Karchere-Sun (LU) 6-4, 7-6 (3)
Order of finish: 1, 3, 4, 5, 2, 6
Senior Mitchell Petersen, sophomore Ethan Bogard and freshman Jack Petersen were all winners in both doubles and singles for the Mountain Hawks.
Lehigh captured the doubles point with 8-4 victories at the second and third flights. Jack Petersen teamed with sophomore Graham Lehman to defeat Diogo Garnel and Arnaud Valentin at the No. 3 flight and then Mitchell Petersen and Bogard won by the same score over Adam Chan and Jake Whalley to clinch the doubles point.
FDU prevented a Lehigh doubles sweep with a tiebreak win at the top flight.
The Knights evened the match at 1-1 as Arvis Berzins won 6-1, 6-1 over senior Ben Gilman at the top singles flight but Lehigh claimed the next four matches.
Jack Petersen put Lehigh back in front with a convincing 6-1, 6-1 win over Chan at No. 3 singles. Junior Jeremy Kochman won in straight sets over Gonzalo Quintana at No. 4 singles. Bogard then clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Garnel at the No. 5 flight.
Mitchell Petersen moved into the No. 2 singles spots and outlasted Whalley in three sets, winning the first 6-1 and the third 6-2 after dropping the second in a tiebreak.
Fairleigh Dickinson claimed the match at No. 6 singles as Kiran Mani defeated freshman Dylan Karchere-Sun in straight sets.
The Mountain Hawks will close out their eight match home stand on Sunday when they host Connecticut at 10 a.m.
Lehigh 5, Fairleigh Dickinson 2
Doubles
1. Berzins/Quintana (FDU) def. Gilman/Kochman (LU) 8-7 (3)
2. M. Petersen/Bogard (LU) def. Chan/Whalley (FDU) 8-4
3. G. Lehman/J. Petersen (LU) def. Garnel/Valentin (FDU) 8-4
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
Singles
1. Arvis Berzins (FDU) def. Ben Gilman (LU) 6-1, 6-1
2. Mitchell Petersen (LU) def. Jake Whalley (FDU) 6-1, 6-7 (7), 6-2
3. Jack Petersen (LU) def. Adam Chan (FDU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Jeremy Kochman (LU) def. Gonzalo Quintana (FDU) 6-3, 6-3
5. Ethan Bogard (LU) def. Diogo Garnel (FDU) 6-1, 6-4
6. Kiran Mani (FDU) def. Dylan Karchere-Sun (LU) 6-4, 7-6 (3)
Order of finish: 1, 3, 4, 5, 2, 6
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