Saturday, February 7
2:00:00 PM
Lehigh University
5
vs
2
Drexel
Mountain Hawks prevail 5-2 over Drexel in tightly-contested battle
2/7/2015 8:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh men's tennis team dropped the doubles point in a tiebreaker at the No. 3 flight but the Mountain Hawks rallied in singles, winning five matches, including three three-set matches to down Drexel 5-2 Saturday inside the Lewis Tennis Center. Senior Ben Gilman and junior Jeremy Kochman won at No. 2 doubles and then both posted three-set singles wins, with Kochman earning the clinching point at the No. 4 flight.
The win ups Lehigh's record to 2-1 while Drexel falls to 4-2 in the spring season.
The doubles point was tightly contested with Drexel winning at No. 1 doubles and Gilman and Kochman beating Dan Koehler and Kashyap Ashok 6-4. The first point of the match came down to a tiebreak at the third flight and Drexel's Badr Ouabdelmoumen and Daniel Hansen defeating senior Mitchell Petersen and sophomore Ethan Bogard 9-7 in the tiebreak to give the visiting Dragons a 1-0 lead.
Freshman Jack Petersen jump started Lehigh in singles play with his first varsity singles win, a 6-2, 6-4 triumph over Ashok at the No. 2 flight. The other three of the top four flights required three sets. Mitchell Petersen won the first set against Alex Fioravante at No. 3 singles and after dropping the second set captured the third 6-4 to give Lehigh a 2-1 advantage.
Gilman lost his first set to Ouabdelmoumen at the top flight and was trailing in the second but rallied to win the second set 6-4 and prevailed 6-3 in the third to move the Mountain Hawks within a point of clinching. At the No. 4 flight, Kochman outlasted Xabier Saavedra in a first set tiebreak and after dropping the second set won the third set 6-3 to clinch the match for the Mountain Hawks.
Drexel got a straight-set win from Hamza Laalej over sophomore Colin Nardella at the No. 5 flight before Bogard closed the match with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Koehler at No. 6 singles.
The Mountain Hawks will be back on the court Sunday morning when they host Saint Francis (Pa.) at 10 a.m.
Lehigh 5, Drexel 2
Doubles
1. Fioravante/Saavedra (DU) def. J. Petersen/Lehman (LU) 6-3
2. Gilman/Kochman (LU) def. Koehler/Ashok (DU) 6-4
3. Ouabdelmoumen/Hansen (DU) def. M. Petersen/Bogard (LU) 7-6 (7)
Singles
1. Ben Gilman (LU) def. Badr Ouabdelmoumen (DU) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
2. Jack Petersen (LU) def. Kashyap Ashok (DU) 6-2, 6-4
3. Mitchell Petersen (LU) def. Alex Fioravante (DU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
4. Jeremy Kochman (LU) def. Xabier Saavedra (DU) 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-3
5. Hamza Laalej (DU) def. Colin Nardella (LU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Ethan Bogard (LU) def. Dan Koehler (DU) 7-5, 6-4
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1, 4, 5, 6
The win ups Lehigh's record to 2-1 while Drexel falls to 4-2 in the spring season.
The doubles point was tightly contested with Drexel winning at No. 1 doubles and Gilman and Kochman beating Dan Koehler and Kashyap Ashok 6-4. The first point of the match came down to a tiebreak at the third flight and Drexel's Badr Ouabdelmoumen and Daniel Hansen defeating senior Mitchell Petersen and sophomore Ethan Bogard 9-7 in the tiebreak to give the visiting Dragons a 1-0 lead.
Freshman Jack Petersen jump started Lehigh in singles play with his first varsity singles win, a 6-2, 6-4 triumph over Ashok at the No. 2 flight. The other three of the top four flights required three sets. Mitchell Petersen won the first set against Alex Fioravante at No. 3 singles and after dropping the second set captured the third 6-4 to give Lehigh a 2-1 advantage.
Gilman lost his first set to Ouabdelmoumen at the top flight and was trailing in the second but rallied to win the second set 6-4 and prevailed 6-3 in the third to move the Mountain Hawks within a point of clinching. At the No. 4 flight, Kochman outlasted Xabier Saavedra in a first set tiebreak and after dropping the second set won the third set 6-3 to clinch the match for the Mountain Hawks.
Drexel got a straight-set win from Hamza Laalej over sophomore Colin Nardella at the No. 5 flight before Bogard closed the match with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Koehler at No. 6 singles.
The Mountain Hawks will be back on the court Sunday morning when they host Saint Francis (Pa.) at 10 a.m.
Lehigh 5, Drexel 2
Doubles
1. Fioravante/Saavedra (DU) def. J. Petersen/Lehman (LU) 6-3
2. Gilman/Kochman (LU) def. Koehler/Ashok (DU) 6-4
3. Ouabdelmoumen/Hansen (DU) def. M. Petersen/Bogard (LU) 7-6 (7)
Singles
1. Ben Gilman (LU) def. Badr Ouabdelmoumen (DU) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
2. Jack Petersen (LU) def. Kashyap Ashok (DU) 6-2, 6-4
3. Mitchell Petersen (LU) def. Alex Fioravante (DU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
4. Jeremy Kochman (LU) def. Xabier Saavedra (DU) 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-3
5. Hamza Laalej (DU) def. Colin Nardella (LU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Ethan Bogard (LU) def. Dan Koehler (DU) 7-5, 6-4
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1, 4, 5, 6
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