Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell University
Brown Invitational
Day Two of Competition Ends for Bucknell's Men's Tennis Team
9/17/2005 8:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Sept. 17, 2005
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Bucknell men's tennis finished their second day of competition at the Brown Invitational on Saturday evening. The day was packed with lots of tennis action, as the Bison advance nine to the semi-finals, which will be played tomorrow, Sunday, Sept. 18.
Advancing for Bucknell is Asher Salam, who defeated an athlete from Boston College in a tight match, 7-6, 6-4, to advance to the singles main draw bracket. Matt Pikus won two matches 3-6, 6-3, 10-3 and 6-3, 6-2, to also advance in the main draw bracket. Also undefeated in the singles main draw bracket is Brian Cohen (3-6, 6-0, 10-8), Ben Rosenstock (5-7, 6-2, 10-6) and Sid Makkar (7-5, 6-3).
Ira Reibeisen won his singles consolation match, 8-1, to qualify for tomorrow's semis.
Winning and advancing in doubles, in the consolation bracket, was the pair of Reibeisen and Pikus, by means of walkover, also with a walkover was Salam and John Lashnits.
Dan Bednarek, Steve Coulis, John Lashnits, Ryan Sandburg and Jason Suway all collected wins on the day, in singles matches, but failed to advance.
The pairs of Bednarek and Cohen and Suway and Rosenstock played in the semi-finals of the doubles main draw bracket, but were defeated 8-3 and 8-6, respectively.
"Today was a great day!" said assistant coach Steve Monge. "The guys played well but more importantly they competed very hard. Our singles play was great, we have some work to do in doubles but I really saw some positive things. A tournament like this, really let's us know where we are early on. It puts us against some of the best competition in the East region, and that's good. We really know what we have to focus on for the Spring."
Currently, the Bison have five undefeated athletes in the tournament who will look to be tournament champions when the event concludes tomorrow.
