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Men's Tennis Battles Penn on Opening Day of Temple Invite
9/20/2019 9:58:00 PM | Men's Tennis
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Bucknell men's tennis battled with Penn to begin the Temple Invite Friday afternoon. The dual featured a pair of hard-fought three-set matchups and a win for freshman Michael Owen.
Owen was matched up with Penn's Jason Hildebrant, and was headed to a third set following a 3-6, 6-5 score before Hildebrandt retired.
Cooper Bradshaw's flight A meeting with Noah Makarome went down to the wire after the sophomore won the opening set, but the Penn junior came away with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory.
Also playing in a close one was freshman Chunyu Chen. Chen went up against Jonah Jurick in the B flight, and was off to a good start with a 6-2 first set. However, Jurick claimed the tiebreaker to win 2-6, 6-3, 10-6.
Tomorrow, the Bison face Wagner for the first time in program history. The Seahawks lost to Temple 7-0 on the first day of the Temple Invite.
DOUBLES
Flight A: Jonah Jurick/Noah Makarome (P) def. Cooper Bradshaw/Chunyu Chen (B) – 6-4
Flight B: Kaden Funk/Zach Smith (P) def. Ryan Jurist/Michael Owen (B) – 6-4
Flight C: Aleks Huryn/Jason Hildebrandt (P) def. Dave Carvalho/Guillermo Torres (B) – 6-1
SINGLES
Flight A: Makarome (P) def. Bradshaw (B) – 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Flight B: Jurick (P) def. Chen (B) – 2-6, 6-3, 10-6
Flight C: Smith (P) def. Jurist (B) – 6-4, 6-4
Flight D: Huryn (P) def. Carvalho (B) – 6-2, 6-2
Flight E: Funk (P) def. Torres (B) – 6-2, 6-1
Flight F: Owen (B) def. Hildebrandt (P) – 3-6, 6-5, Ret.
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