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Bison Men's Tennis Wraps Up Northeast Intercollegiate with Four Wins
9/20/2009 8:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Sept. 20, 2009
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Bucknell men's tennis faced a series of tough opponents in the third day of the Northeast Intercollegiate hosted by Brown on Sunday. Ryan Marcil (Vero Beach, Fla./St. Edward's) won both his matches to take fifth place in Flight No. 6 singles. Five other Bison advanced to the semifinals or better of their respective flights but were unable to pull out the victory on the final day.
Marcil claimed his fifth-place finish by sailing to a pair a straight-sets wins over opponents from Connecticut and Boston College. The freshman started off by defeating the Huskies' Wei Linn 6-4, 6-3 before closing out the day with a 6-1, 6-4 win over the Eagles' Rob Ankner.
Clark Bogle (Hingham, Mass./Thayer Academy) had a chance at the title in Flight No. 7 and gave it his best shot through three close sets. The sophomore dropped the opening set in a tiebreaker before coming back in the second, 6-4. Villanova's Liam Bohonnon returned the favor in the third with a 6-4 win of his own.
The Bison struggled in their four semifinal matches. Gregg Cohenca (Purchase, N.Y./Rye Country Day School) fell 6-4, 6-4 to Connor Witty of Villanova. The remaining three Bison freshmen also dropped their matches. Evan Zimmer (Essex Falls, N.J./West Essex). Kelly Morque (Rye, N.Y./Rye) and Josh Katten (Plainview, N.Y./Plainview JFK) were each knocked out in straight sets.
Junior Anton Kovic (Montreal, Quebec/Milton Academy (Mass.)) earned a three-set win in Flight No. 2 against Byrant's Kevin Gardner in his first match of the day. Kovic took the first set by a score of 6-4 and the super tiebreak at 10-8. Kovic later lost to Fairleigh Dickinson's Peter Svarka 6-3, 6-2.
Earning the Bison's final victory in Flight No. 3 singles was Gregory Maxson (Mt. Pleasant, S.C./Hotchkiss). Maxson dropped the opening set 6-3 to Brown's Andrew Yazmer. The final two sets were a battle, but the sophomore pushed through to a 7-6 second-set win and an 11-9 victory in the super tiebreak.
Complete draw sheets for the double-elimination tournament can be found at BrownBears.com.
The Bucknell men will return to the courts for the UConn Invitational in Storrs, Conn., next week. Play begins on Friday, Sept. 25 and runs through Sunday, Sept. 27.
BUCKNELL RESULTS
Flight 2: Anton Kovic (B) def. Kevin Gardner (Bry), 6-4, 4-6, 10-8
Flight 2: Peter Svarka (FDU) def. Kovic (B), 6-3, 6-2
Flight 3: Gregory Maxson def. Andrew Yazmer (Brown), 3-6, 7-6, 11-9
Flight 4: Jai Yoon (UConn) def. Evan Zimmer (B), 6-3, 6-3
Flight 5: Connor Witty (V) def. Gregg Cohenca (B), 6-4, 6-4
Flight 5: Sven Sjoerds (FDU) def. Kelly Morque (B), 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
Flight 6: Bill Stuck (D) def. Josh Katten (B), 7-6, 6-3
Flight 6: Ryan Marcil (B) def. Wei Linn (UConn), 6-4, 6-3
Flight 6: Marcil (B) def. Rob Ankner (BC), 6-1, 6-4 Flight
7: Liam Bohonnon (V) def. Clark Bogle (B), 7-6, 4-6, 6-4
