Saturday, April 13
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11:00 AM
Lehigh University
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Mountain Hawks Fall 4-3 To Army West Point In Day Two Of Road Trip
4/13/2024 4:58:00 PM | Men's Tennis
BOSTON – Lehigh men's tennis continued their three-day road trip on Saturday morning for another Patriot League test against the Army West Point Black Knights. The Mountain Hawks were narrowly defeated 4-3 in their second match of the weekend.
After dropping the doubles point to Holy Cross on Friday, Lehigh (10-9, 3-2 PL) earned the opening point of the dual this time around. Matt Kleiman and Marc Blekhman took care of business at number one, winning 6-1. Army West Point (12-13, 4-1 PL) followed suit with a 6-1 win of their own at number three, setting up the second doubles match as the deciding one. Jackson Morash and Sean Jaeger battled to a tiebreaker against Army's Alan Ton and Marcus Sebastian, winning 7-6 (8-6) to clinch the doubles point for Lehigh.
The Black Knights responded well to open singles play, earning their first point courtesy of a two-set win for Jake Huarte at number one. Next to finish was Jaeger for Lehigh at number three, defeating Ton in two sets to give his team the lead. Vishnu Bodavula then earned a two-set victory over Morash at number four, tying the match score 2-2. A three-set win at number two for Blekhman followed by a three-set triumph for Sebastian over Benedict Horn-Bourque at number five made way for a deciding sixth match.
Wyeth Anzilotti and Daniel Choi battled at the number six spot with the match tied 3-3. Choi won the first set 6-2, but a 7-5 tiebreak win in the second set for Anzilotti set up one final set to decide the match. Choi prevailed 6-2 to give Army their fourth Patriot League win of the season.
The Mountain Hawks will conclude their road trip tomorrow at 9 a.m. against the Boston University Terriers.
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Singles
Jake Huarte (Army) def. Matt Kleiman (Lehigh) 6-4, 6-4
Marc Blekhman (Lehigh) def. Samuel Haikal (Army) 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
Sean Jaeger (Lehigh) def. Alan Ton (Army) 7-6 (7-5)
Vishnu Bodavula (Army) def. Jackson Morash 7-5, 6-2
Marcus Sebastian (Army) def. Benedict Horn-Bourque (Lehigh) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
Daniel Choi (Army) def. Wyeth Anzilotti (Lehigh) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
Doubles
Kleiman/Blekhman (Lehigh) def. Bodavula/Huarte (Army) 6-1
Morash/Jaeger (Lehigh) def. Ton/Sebastian (Army) 7-6 (8-6)
Haikal/Rooney (Army) def. Donovan/Anzilotti (Lehigh) 6-1
Order of finish: Doubles (1, 3, 2), Singles (1, 3, 4, 2, 5, 6)
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After dropping the doubles point to Holy Cross on Friday, Lehigh (10-9, 3-2 PL) earned the opening point of the dual this time around. Matt Kleiman and Marc Blekhman took care of business at number one, winning 6-1. Army West Point (12-13, 4-1 PL) followed suit with a 6-1 win of their own at number three, setting up the second doubles match as the deciding one. Jackson Morash and Sean Jaeger battled to a tiebreaker against Army's Alan Ton and Marcus Sebastian, winning 7-6 (8-6) to clinch the doubles point for Lehigh.
The Black Knights responded well to open singles play, earning their first point courtesy of a two-set win for Jake Huarte at number one. Next to finish was Jaeger for Lehigh at number three, defeating Ton in two sets to give his team the lead. Vishnu Bodavula then earned a two-set victory over Morash at number four, tying the match score 2-2. A three-set win at number two for Blekhman followed by a three-set triumph for Sebastian over Benedict Horn-Bourque at number five made way for a deciding sixth match.
Wyeth Anzilotti and Daniel Choi battled at the number six spot with the match tied 3-3. Choi won the first set 6-2, but a 7-5 tiebreak win in the second set for Anzilotti set up one final set to decide the match. Choi prevailed 6-2 to give Army their fourth Patriot League win of the season.
The Mountain Hawks will conclude their road trip tomorrow at 9 a.m. against the Boston University Terriers.
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Singles
Jake Huarte (Army) def. Matt Kleiman (Lehigh) 6-4, 6-4
Marc Blekhman (Lehigh) def. Samuel Haikal (Army) 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
Sean Jaeger (Lehigh) def. Alan Ton (Army) 7-6 (7-5)
Vishnu Bodavula (Army) def. Jackson Morash 7-5, 6-2
Marcus Sebastian (Army) def. Benedict Horn-Bourque (Lehigh) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
Daniel Choi (Army) def. Wyeth Anzilotti (Lehigh) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
Doubles
Kleiman/Blekhman (Lehigh) def. Bodavula/Huarte (Army) 6-1
Morash/Jaeger (Lehigh) def. Ton/Sebastian (Army) 7-6 (8-6)
Haikal/Rooney (Army) def. Donovan/Anzilotti (Lehigh) 6-1
Order of finish: Doubles (1, 3, 2), Singles (1, 3, 4, 2, 5, 6)
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