Saturday, February 11
Bethlehem, Pa.
10:00 AM

Lehigh University

0
vs
7

Drexel

Jordan Paul

Lehigh Falls to Drexel

2/11/2023 4:10:00 PM | Men's Tennis

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh men's tennis team struggled to find its rhythm on Saturday morning, falling 7-0 to Drexel inside the Lewis Indoor Tennis Center. 

The Mountain Hawks competed during doubles play but were unable to clinch the point and take the early lead. At the No. 2 spot, sophomores Marc Blekhman and Sean Jaeger defeated Drexel's Daniel Dudockin and Matvey Radionov 7-6 [7-5]. 

Lehigh battled with the Dragons during singles but was unable to top Drexel. At the No. 3 spot, Blekhman battled with Dudockin once again. The sophomore lost the first set 6-1 but went on to win the second set 7-6 [7-5]. Blekhman fell to Dudockin 6-2 in the third set. 

First-year Jackson Morash battled with Radionov at the No. 5 spot. Morash fell to Radionov in the first set 6-2 but defeated him 7-6 [7-5] in the second set. Radionov went on to defeat Morash 6-3 in the third set to clinch the match for the Dragons. 

Lehigh will close out the weekend with a Sunday morning match against Howard. Competition is set to begin at 10 a.m. 

Doubles: 
  1. Jesudason/De Soussa (Drexel) def. Kleiman/Paul (Lehigh) 6-3
  2. Blekhman/Jaeger (Lehigh) def. Dudockin/Radionov (Drexel) 7-6 [7-5]
  3. Humayou/Sanchez (Drexel) def. Bukhalo/Morash (Lehigh) 6-4

Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2

Singles: 
  1. Alan Jesudason (Drexel) def. Matt Kleiman (Lehigh) 6-3, 6-1
  2. Alex De Soussa (Drexel) def. Jordan Paul (Lehigh) 6-4, 7-6 [7-5]
  3. Daniel Dudockin (Drexel) def. Marc Blekhman (Lehigh) 1-6, 7-6 [7-5], 6-2
  4. Matvey Radionov (Drexel) def. Jackson Morash (Lehigh) 6-2, 6-7 [5-7], 6-3
  5. Djordje Janackovic (Drexel) def. Steven Nazaroff (Lehigh) 6-4, 7-5
  6. Juan Manuel Sanchez (Drexel) def. Aristotelis Bezianis (Lehigh) 7-6 [7-1], 7-5

Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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