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Katten Battles through Three Sets to Give Bucknell Men's Tennis 4-3 Win Over Boston
3/18/2011 8:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 18, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. – With Bucknell men's tennis deadlocked against Boston University, Josh Katten (Plainview, N.Y./Plainview JFK) clinched the four-hour, three-set victory to send the Bison to a 4-3 match win in Orlando, Fla., on Friday evening. Katten clinched with a pair of tiebreakers in the final two sets against Jarred Pendleton and gave the Orange and Blue its sixth win in seven tries.
Katten snapped a personal three-match losing streak with his battle on Saturday. After dropping the first set 6-2 to Pendleton, the sophomore needed a 7-5 decision in the tiebreaker. His third-set tiebreaker went much more smoothly as he did not allow a point to Pendleton. The final line score read 2-6, 7-6, 7-6 for Katten.
Earlier in the day, Katten and Kelly Morque (Rye, N.Y./Rye) teamed up for a win at No. 3 doubles. The duo defeated the Terriers' Marcus VanBerkel and Alex Hallenbeck 8-5. With the two victories, Katten improves his career combined record to 53-43, which is tied for 35th all-time at Bucknell.
Morque and Katten were part of a doubles sweep for the Bison. Anton Kovic (Montreal, Quebec/Milton Academy (Mass.)) and Evan Zimmer (Essex Fells, N.J./West Essex) kicked things off with an 8-1 victory at the first position. The success puts Kovic in fifth all-time at Bucknell with a career doubles record of 53-53.
Gregg Cohenca (Purchase, N.Y./Rye Country Day School) and Mark Malloy (Bronxville, N.Y./Hackley School) followed with an 8-4 win at No. 2 doubles.
Putting Katten in position for the big win was Gregory Maxson (Mt. Pleasant, S.C./Hotchkiss) at sixth singles and Zimmer at second singles. Maxson was a quick winner over Hallenbeck, 6-1, 6-1. Zimmer had just as easy a night with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Kopelman.
Bucknell closes out its Spring Break trip in Orlando with a 3-1 record. The Bison will look to continue their run on March 22 when they host Mount St. Mary's.
Bucknell 4, Boston 3
Doubles
1. Anton Kovic/Evan Zimmer (BUCK) def. Josh Friedman/Michael Kopelman (BOS), 8-1
2. Gregg Cohenca/Mark Malloy (BUCK) def. Jesse Frieder/Jarred Pendleton (BOS), 8-4
3. Josh Katten/Kelly Morque (BUCK) def. Marcus VanBerkel/Alex Hallenbeck (BOS), 8-5
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles
1. Josh Friedman (BOS) def. Gregg Cohenca (BUCK), 6-4, 7-5
2. Evan Zimmer (BUCK) def. Michael Kopelman (BOS), 6-2, 6-3
3. Josh Katten (BUCK) def. Jarred Pendleton (BOS), 2-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (0)
4. Jesse Frieder (BOS) def. Kyle Rosen (BUCK), 6-1, 6-1
5. Ferdinand Brunet (BOS) def. Mark Malloy (BUCK), 6-0, 2-6, 6-2
6. Gregory Maxson (BUCK) def. Alex Hallenbeck (BOS), 6-1, 6-1
Order of Finish: 4, 6, 2, 1, 5, 3
