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Bucknell Men's Tennis Falls 5-2 at Lehigh
4/8/2004 8:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 8, 2004
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Asher Salam and Aaron Saperstein won three-set singles matches but Lehigh managed to pull out the rest of the close contests to score a 5-2 victory over Bucknell in a Patriot League match that was played indoors due to rain.
The Bison fell to 7-8 overall and 1-4 in Patriot League play, while Lehigh improved to 7-7, 1-3.
The Mountain Hawks swept the three doubles matches to begin the day with a 1-0 lead. At No. 1 doubles Ryan Lloyd and Brad Nelson scraped by Bucknell's Nick Denefrio and Matt Pikus 9-7. Ty Esler and Alfredo Fernandex-Concha topped Salam and Joe Menezes 8-5 at No. 2, and Jon Swanson and Randall Smalley defeated Saperstein and Gerald DiChiara 8-3 at No. 3.
Bucknell claimed victories at third and sixth singles. Salam was a 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 winner over Swanson at No. 3, while Saperstein outlasted Nelson 6-3, 2-6 (10-8) on court six.
Esler and Lloyd both won three-set tilts to help Lehigh secure its first league win of the year. At No. 1, Esler defeated Denefrio 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, and at fourth singles Lloyd topped Menezes 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
Smalley and Fernandez-Concha also won in straight sets for the Mountain Hawks.
Bucknell returns to action on Tuesday, April 18, hosting Navy at 4 p.m. in the Bison's final Patriot League regular-season match.
Doubles (best 2 of 3 for one team point)
1. Ryan Lloyd/Brad Nelson (L) def. Nick Denefrio/Matt Pikus, 9-7
2. Ty Esler/Alfredo Fernandez-Concha (L) def. Asher Salam/Joe Menezes, 8-5
3. Jon Swanson/Randall Smalley (L) def. Gerald DiChiara/Aaron Saperstein, 8-3
Singles
1. Esler (L) def. Denefrio, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3
2. Smalley (L) def. DiChiara, 6-2, 6-4
3. Salam (B) def. Swanson, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
4. Lloyd (L) def. Menezes, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
5. Fernandez-Concha (L) def. Pikus, 6-4, 6-3
6. Saperstein (B) def. Nelson, 6-3, 2-6, (10-8)
