Bucknell University Athletics

Men's Tennis to Send Eight Players to Navy's Joe Hunt Invitational
9/21/2016 2:37:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Setting the Scene
What: Joe Hunt Invitational hosted by Navy
Where: USNA Tennis Courts (Annapolis Md.)
Event Note: For families of any players coming, vehicles driven by non-DoD personnel are not allowed onto the USNA. Those people must park downtown and walk through the visitors center, and they must have a government issued photo ID to do so. Matches played off the USNA are different as everyone can drive there and there is no ID check to enter.
Tournament Info
Competing Teams: Bucknell, Delaware, George Mason, George Washington, Mary Washington, Monmouth, Morgan State, Navy, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, Temple
Format: Six singles draws and three doubles draws
About the Bison
* Bucknell has played in two tournaments this season, the most recent being the Saint Joseph's Fall Invitational last weekend.
* Junior Timber Erskine is 5-2 in singles after finishing as the runner-up in Flight 3 at Saint Joseph's. Sophomore Andrei Vitiuc battled back to win the consolation draw in Flight 4 and is 5-2 overall.
* Junior Daniel Wright and sophomore Max McDonald won titles at the season-opening Bucknell Fall Invite. Wright is 5-1 on the season, while McDonald is a perfect 4-0.
* Erskine and Wright have been the top doubles team for the Bison. They are unbeaten at 4-0 with a title in Flight 1 at the Bucknell Fall Invite.
Record/Milestone Watch
* Daniel Wright ranks 12th in program history in singles wins (52-27), 21st in doubles (43-26) and 18th in combined (95-53).
* Junior Ben Gerber is 23rd in doubles (41-23).
* Senior Bryan Adams is 33rd in combined victories (68-63).
Up Next
* Bucknell will compete at Princeton's Farnsworth Invitational on Oct. 7-9.










