Bucknell University
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Men's Tennis Suffers First Loss of Spring, 6-0 to American
3/15/2002 7:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 15, 2002
HILTON HEAD, S.C. - Bucknell's men's tennis team dropped its Patriot League opener and fell for the first time this spring, 6-0 to American in the Bison's Spring Break finale Friday morning.
American captured all three doubles matches and all five singles contests that were played to conclusion. The No. 2 singles contest was stopped due to time constraints.
Bucknell freshman Leland Tien was involved in the closest matches in both singles and doubles. At No. 5 singles, Tien fell to Jonah Fliegelman 6-4, 7-5. At No. 3 doubles, Tien and classmate Gerald DiChiara dropped an 8-6 decision to Tushar Garg and Andreas Kulscar.
At No. 4 singles, Todd Jacobs extended Guilaume Taralle to a first set tiebreaker before succumbing 7-6 (7-2), 6-0. Also falling in straight sets for the Bison were Nick Denefrio at No. 1, Joe Menezes at No. 3 and DiChiara at No. 6.
Bucknell returns to action at home on Wednesday, March 20, against Delaware at 3:30 p.m.
Singles
1. Josh Procacci (A) def. Nick Denefrio, 6-1, 6-0.
2. Alex Davydov (B) vs. Juan Jaysingh, DNF.
3. Tushar Garg (A) def. Joe Menezas, 6-4, 6-2.
4. Guilaume Taralle (A) def. Todd Jacobs, 7-6 (2), 6-0.
5. Jonah Fliegelman (A) def. Leland Tien, 6-4, 7-5.
6. Andreas Kuscar (A) def. Gerald DiChiara, 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles (best 2 of 3 for one team point)
1. Fliegelman/Kyle Bailey (A) def. Jacobs/Allen, 8-4.
2. Procacci/Bence Hamori (A) def. Davydov/Denefrio, 8-1.
3. Garg/Kulscar (A) def. Tien/DiChiara, 8-6.
