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Bucknell Men's Tennis Drops Final Two Matches at Cornell Duals
2/10/2003 7:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 10, 2003
ITHACA, N.Y. - The Bucknell men's tennis team completed play at the Cornell Duals on Saturday, February 8. The Bison dropped a 5-2 decision to Buffalo, before falling to Binghamton, 7-0. The weekend duals were the first competition of the spring season for the Orange and Blue.
Against Buffalo, freshman Asher Salam got Bucknell on the scoreboard with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Randy Rocchio at number three. Sophomore Joe Menezes followed with a 7-5, 0-6, 10-8 victory against Raugga Aayudha at the fourth singles flight to round out the Bison scoring for the match.
Sophomore Nick Denefrio nearly pulled out a win over Josh Liederman at number two. Denefrio won the first set 6-3, before dropping the final two, 6-2, 6-2.
Binghamton dominated the Bison, winning every match in straight sets. Denefrio came close to pushing Brad Davidoff to a third set with a 6-1, 7-5 loss at the second flight. That was as close as the Orange and Blue would get, however, as the Bearcats rolled to a 7-0 victory.
Bucknell is 0-4 on the season. The Bison are off for over a month before beginning play on their Spring Break trip to Hilton Head Island, S.C. BU faces Rhodes College at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, March 10.
Buffalo
Singles
1. Fery Kasiman (BUF) def. Leland Tien - 6-4, 6-2.
2. Josh Liederman (BUF) def. Nick Denefrio - 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
3. Asher Salam (BUCK) def. Randy Rocchio - 6-1, 6-4.
4. Joe Menezes (BUCK) def. Raugga Aayudha - 7-5, 0-6, 10-8.
5. Joe Popeilarczyk (BUF) def. Garrett Neff - 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles
1. Nick Zieziula/Rohan Raikar (BUF) def. Don Whaley/Aaron Saperstein - 6-2, 6-1.
Binghamton
Singles
1. Akshay Rao (BI) def. Tien - 6-1, 6-1.
2. Brad Davidoff (BI) def. Denefrio - 6-1, 7-5.
3. Brad Sherwood (BI) def. Salam - 6-3, 6-2.
4. Brian O'Connor (BI) def. Menezes - 6-2, 6-2.
5. Rodrigo Valle (BI) def. Neff - 6-2, 6-1.
Doubles
1. Steve Spencer/Krishna Vallabhaneni (BI) def. Whaley/Saperstein - 6-2, 6-0.
