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Lions' Invitational
Men's Tennis Completes Competition at 13th Annual Lions' Invitational
2/18/2001 7:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 18, 2001
EWING, N.J. - The final day of competition concluded in the men's tennis 13th annual Lions' Invitational held at The College of New Jersey. The tournament crowned three singles champions, and featured a round-robin doubles format.
Senior co-captain Hayes Hopple (Wilton, Conn./Saint Georges School) took on Villanova's Paul Moore in the championship match of flight C. Hopple suffered a 7-5, 6-4 setback to finish as the tournament runner up.
Bucknell senior Jeff Gould (Coram, N.Y./Newfield) won his only match of the day, picking up a 9-8 (5) victory over Matt Tallman of The College of New Jersey for seventh place in flight B. Junior Lee Scarborough (Wilmington, Del./A.I. Dupont) also took seventh place, defeating TCNJ's Ralph Gilmore, 8-2, at flight C.
The Bison doubles tandem of Hopple and co-captain Alex Davydov (Middlebury, Vt./Middlebury) went 1-2 in the round-robin format, picking up an 8-0 decision over Ryan Cuevas and Justin Miller of Millersville at flight B. Also posting a 1-2 doubles record was the duo of Scarborough and junior Scott Allen (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga) as they defeated Ryan Devine and Casey Simmons of Villanova, 8-6, at flight C.
The Bison are in action next when they travel to Hilton Head Island for their annual Spring Break trip, March 10-18.
Bucknell Singles Results: "A" Rob Howland (TCNJ) def. Davydov (Buck.) 6-4, 7-6 (6) Brad Adams (Villanova) def. Jacobs (Buck.) 6-4, 6-2 Davydov (Buck.) def. Phillip Nguyen (Millersville) 6-1, 6-2 Keith Mahaffey (Millersville) def. Jacobs (Buck.) 6-4, 6-4 Mahaffey (Millersville) def. Davydov (Buck.) 9-8 (4), 6th place"B" Jay Berger (TCNJ) def. Gould (Buck.) 6-2, 6-1 Allen (Buck.) def. Ryan Devine (Villanova) 6-4, 6-4 Ryan Mellinger (Millersville) def. Allen (Buck.) 6-3, 7-6 (5) Igor Petrinovic (Millersville) def. Gould (Buck.) 6-4, 7-6 Gould (Buck.) def. Matt Tallman (TCNJ) 9-8 (5), 7th place
"C" Hopple (Buck.) def. Andy O'Neill (Villanova) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Bryan Hanley (TCNJ) def. Scarborough (Buck.) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 Hopple (Buck.) def. Ryan Cuevas (Millersville) 6-2, 6-4 John Rossi (Millersville) def. Scarborough (Buck.) 6-7 (3), 6-2, 7-0 Paul Moore (Villanova) def. Hopple (Buck.) 7-5, 6-4, 2nd place Scarborough (Buck.) def. Ralph Gilmore (TCNJ) 8-2
Bucknell Doubles Results (Round-Robin): "A" Adams/Schofield (Villanova) def. Jacobs/Gould (Buck.) 8-6 Nguyen/Mahaffey (Millersville) def. Jacobs/Gould (Buck.) 8-3
"B" Hill/Tallman (TCNJ) def. Davydov/Hopple (Buck.) 8-5 Moore/Rohde (Villanova) def. Davydov/Hopple (Buck.) 8-3 Davydov/Hopple (Buck.) def. Cuevas/Miller (Millersville) 8-0
"C" Hanley/Gilmore (TCNJ) def. Allen/Scarborough (Buck.) 8-3 Allen/Scarborough (Buck.) def. Devine/Simmons (Villanova) 8-6 Mellinger/Mamor (Millersville) def. Allen/Scarborough (Buck.) 8-2
