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Bucknell Men's Tennis Blanked by Navy, 7-0, in Patriot League Opener
3/25/2007 8:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 25, 2007
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Bucknell men's tennis team were overpowered in its Patriot League opening match up against Navy, 7-0. The Bison fell to 4-9 (0-1) on the season, while the Midshipmen improved to 8-10 (2-0).
Navy posted the first point of the afternoon after winning all three doubles matches. The sophomore pair of Jonathan Brenner (Manhasset, N.Y./Chaminade) and Ryan Sandburg (Orange, Calif./Canyon) were defeated Nate Nelms and Johnny Waters, 8-3, in the No. 1 spot. The team of Junior Ira Reibeisen (Armonk, N.Y./Rye Country Day-Upper) and freshman Zach Hascoe (Greenwich, Conn./Brunswick) fell to Stanley Kahl and Adrian Lai in the No. 2 spot, 8-3. The duo of sophomore Daniel Bednarek (Haworth, N.J./Bergen Catholic) and junior Ben Young (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) lost 9-7, to Alex James and Ramsey Lemaich, in the No. 3 spot.
In singles, Reibeisen fell to Nelms, in a three-set tiebreaker, 5-7, 6-1, (10-3), to end his winning streak at two games. Sandburg dropped a close two-set match up to Waters, 7-6 (8-6), 7-5, in the No. 2 spot. Hascoe was defeated by Lai, 6-4, 6-3, in the No. 3 spot. Young lost his No. 4 singles match against Kahl, 6-0, 6-3. In the No. 5 spot, Brenner was defeated by James, 6-2, 6-2, while Bednarek fell to Lemaich in the No. 6 spot, 6-4, 6-0.
Bucknell will host the New Jersey Institute of Technology on Saturday, Mar. 31, at the Bucknell Tennis Courts. The match will begin at 11 a.m.
Navy 7, Bucknell 0
Doubles
No. 1 - Nelms/Waters (N) def. Brenner/Sandburg, 8-3
No. 2 - Kahl/Lai (N) def. Hascoe/Reibeisen, 8-3
No. 3 - James/Lemaich (N) def. Bednarek/Young, 9-7
Singles
No. 1 - Nate Nelms (N) def. Ira Reibeisen, 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (10-3)
No. 2 - Johnny Waters (N) def. Ryan Sandburg, 7-6 (8-6), 7-5
No. 3 - Adrian Lai (N) def. Zach Hascoe, 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 - Stanley Kahl (N) def. Ben Young, 6-0, 6-3
No. 5 - Alex James (N) def. Jonathan Brenner, 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 - Ramsey Lemaich (N) def. Daniel Bednarek, 6-4, 6-0
