Lehigh University
James Madison
Mountain Hawks Fall to James Madison on Final Day in Florida
3/14/2023 1:21:00 PM | Men's Tennis
ORLANDO, Fla. - On the last day of its Florida trip, the Lehigh men's tennis team was bested by James Madison University, falling 6-1 Tuesday morning in Orlando.
Marc Blekhman was the only Lehigh player to win his singles match, picking up the win against James Madison's Francisco Sinopoli at No. 3 singles. Blekhman needed a third set to get it done after dropping the first set, 4-6. He rallied back to win set two 6-2 and the third set tiebreaker 10-5.
While they didn't win the doubles point, Blekhman and Sean Jeager were winning their No. 2 doubles match against the Dukes before James Madison clinched the doubles point.
Jackson Morash picked up the first set at No. 5, but was ultimately defeated by Edison Sanchez in the third flight.
Lehigh will return home to host Loyola Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Mountain Hawks' home opener.
James Madison 6, Lehigh 1
Doubles
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Koons/Sinopoli (JMU) def. Learner/Paul (LEHIGH) 6-2
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Blekhman/Jaeger (Lehigh) vs. Lozano/Sanchez (JMU), 5-4, DNF
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Mahesh/Sadek (JMU)) def. Bukhalo/Nazaroff (LEHIGH) 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2 DNF
Singles1. Holden Koons (JMU) def. Matt Kleiman (Lehigh) 6-1, 6-3
2. Julian Lozano (JMU) def. Jeremy Learner (Lehigh) 6-1, 6-4
3. Marc Blekhman (Lehigh) def. Francisco Sinopoli (JMU) 4-6, 6-2, 1-0
4.Youssef Sadek (JMU)) def. Jordan Paul (Lehigh) 6-3, 6-0
5. Edison Sanchez (JMU) def. Jackson Morash (Lehigh) 6-3, 4-6, 10-7
6. Aathreya Mehesh (JMU) def. Aristoelis Bezianis(Lehigh) 6-2, 6-1
Order of finish: 2, 4, 6, 1, 5, 3
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