Friday, February 17
Bethlehem, Pa.
4:30 PM
Lehigh University
3
vs
4
Hofstra
Mountain Hawks Fall Short to Hofstra
2/17/2023 9:18:00 PM | Men's Tennis
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh men's tennis team was unable to hold on to its early lead, falling 4-3 to Hofstra inside the Lewis Indoor Tennis Center on Friday afternoon.Â
The Mountain Hawks opened up the match by dominating doubles play, securing the early 1-0 lead. Sophomore Marc Blekhman and senior Jeremy Learner earned Lehigh's first win of the day, defeating Hofstra's Ostaph Kovalenko and Johnathan Mahrt 6-1 at the No. 1 spot.Â
Lehigh went on to clinch the doubles point with a huge win at the No. 2 spot. Junior Jordan Paul and sophomore Sean Jaeger defeated Hofstra's Matthew Garcia and Vincent Turina 6-3 to give the Mountain Hawks the early lead.Â
Hofstra fought back during singles play, picking up the first singles win of the day at the No. 2 spot. Paul earned his second win of the day at the No. 4 spot, defeating Turina 6-4, 6-2.Â
The Pride showed no signs of backing down as they picked up a second singles win to tie the score at 2-2. Blekhman picked up his second win of the day for the Mountain Hawks, giving Lehigh the 3-2 lead. The sophomore defeated Hofstra's Bo Cautaerts 6-1, 4-6, 7-5. Hofstra went on to win the final two singles matches of the day to secure its fifth win of the season. Â
Lehigh will return to the Lewis Indoor Tennis Center and close out the weekend with a Saturday afternoon match against Morgan State. The match will begin at 1 p.m.Â
Doubles:Â
Order of Finish: 1, 2
Singles:Â
Order of Finish: 2, 4, 1, 3, 6, 5
The Mountain Hawks opened up the match by dominating doubles play, securing the early 1-0 lead. Sophomore Marc Blekhman and senior Jeremy Learner earned Lehigh's first win of the day, defeating Hofstra's Ostaph Kovalenko and Johnathan Mahrt 6-1 at the No. 1 spot.Â
Lehigh went on to clinch the doubles point with a huge win at the No. 2 spot. Junior Jordan Paul and sophomore Sean Jaeger defeated Hofstra's Matthew Garcia and Vincent Turina 6-3 to give the Mountain Hawks the early lead.Â
Hofstra fought back during singles play, picking up the first singles win of the day at the No. 2 spot. Paul earned his second win of the day at the No. 4 spot, defeating Turina 6-4, 6-2.Â
The Pride showed no signs of backing down as they picked up a second singles win to tie the score at 2-2. Blekhman picked up his second win of the day for the Mountain Hawks, giving Lehigh the 3-2 lead. The sophomore defeated Hofstra's Bo Cautaerts 6-1, 4-6, 7-5. Hofstra went on to win the final two singles matches of the day to secure its fifth win of the season. Â
Lehigh will return to the Lewis Indoor Tennis Center and close out the weekend with a Saturday afternoon match against Morgan State. The match will begin at 1 p.m.Â
Doubles:Â
- Blekhman/Learner (Lehigh) def. Kovalenko/Mahrt (Hofstra) 6-1
- Paul/Jaeger (Lehigh) def. Garcia/Turnia (Hofstra) 6-3
- Kleiman/Nazaroff (Lehigh) vs. Cautaerts/Odani (Hofstra) 4-4 DNF
Order of Finish: 1, 2
Singles:Â
- Ostaph Kovalenko (Hofstra) def. Matt Kleiman (Lehigh) 1-6, 6-1, 6-0
- Matthew Garcia (Hofstra) def. Jeremy Learner (Lehigh) 6-3, 6-4
- Marc Blekhman (Lehigh) def. Bo Cautaerts (Hofstra) 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
- Jordan Paul (Lehigh) def. Vincent Turina (Hofstra) 6-4, 6-2
- Johnathan Mahrt (Hofstra) def. Jackson Morash (Lehigh) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 [7-3]
- Kaita Odani (Hofstra) def. Steven Nazaroff (Lehigh) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
Order of Finish: 2, 4, 1, 3, 6, 5
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