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Bucknell Men's Tennis Drops 2010 Opener at Penn, 6-1
1/23/2010 7:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Jan. 23, 2010
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The Bucknell men's tennis team put forth a strong showing in doubles, but Penn had too much firepower in the singles matches and turned aside the Bison 6-1 in the 2010 debut for both teams Saturday afternoon.
Sophomore Clark Bogle (Hingham, Mass./Thayer Academy) and freshman Josh Katten (Plainview, N.Y./Plainview JFK) teamed up for Bucknell's lone victory of the day, an 8-4 pro-set win over Jeff Karsh and Zach Gorn at No. 3 doubles.
The Bison dropped close matches at No. 1 and 2 doubles, however, as the Quakers took the doubles point. At No. 1 Penn's Phil Law and Jason Magnes defeated Anton Kovic (Montreal, Quebec/Milton Academy) and Gregg Cohenca (Purchase, N.Y./Rye Country Day) 8-6. And at No. 2 Bucknell's all-freshman team of Evan Zimmer (Essex Fells, N.J./West Essex) and Kelly Morque (Rye, N.Y./Rye) fell 9-7 to Mark Milbrandt and Jason Lin.
Penn won five singles matches in straight sets, while Katten was credited with a win at No. 6 singles when his opponent retired due to injury.
The Bison will be back in action next Saturday at St. John's at 5 p.m.
Doubles
1. Phil Law/Jason Magnes (P) def. Anton Kovic/Gregg Cohenca, 8-6
2. Mark Milbrandt/Jason Lin (P) def. Evan Zimmer/Kelly Morque, 9-7
3. Josh Katten/Clark Bogle (B) def. Jeff Karsh/Zach Gorn, 8-4
Singles
1. Law (P) def. Kovic, 6-4, 6-3
2. Magnes (P) def. Cohenca, 6-1, 6-4
3. Lin (P) def. Morque, 6-3, 6-1
4. Milbrandt (P) def. Bogle, 6-2, 6-2
5. Gorn (P) def. Zach Hascoe, 6-2, 6-1
6. Katten (B) def. Karsh, 2-5, ret.
