Men’s Tennis Downs Siena, 6-1

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – The Bucknell men's tennis team rebounded nicely from its first loss of the spring with a 6-1 victory over Siena on Sunday morning at Binghamton's Lane-Starke Tennis Center. Amar Tahirovic led the way with convincing wins at both No. 1 singles and doubles, and Oscar Bain Moreno de Vega was also a two-time winner.

Bucknell won the doubles point with runaway 6-1 wins at both No. 1 and No. 2 doubles. Tahirovic teamed with Brendan McDonald for the win over Oscar Martinez and Duarte Melo on Court 1, and Bain and Adam Stavrakas downed Dylan Breen and Zino Varouhas-Poole at No. 2.

Bucknell won five of the six singles matches, four of them coming in straight sets. Tahirovic beat Varouhas-Poole 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, and the Bison also received straight-set wins from Bain at No. 3, Tim Zelikovsky at No. 5, and freshman Will Robinson at No. 6.

Freshman Liam Kilmer came back from a set down to defeat Duarte Melo at No. 4 singles, rolling to a 10-1 win in the third-set super tiebreaker.

Siena's lone point came from Martinez, who was a 6-3, 6-2 winner over Stavrakas at second singles.

Now 2-1 on the season, Bucknell is back in action next Saturday at Rider at 5 p.m.

Doubles
1. Amar Tahirovic/Brendan McDonald (B) def. Oscar Martinez/Duarte Melo – 6-1
2. Oscar Bain/Adam Stavrakas (B) def. Dylan Breen/Zino Varouhas-Poole – 6-1
3. Liam Kilmer/Tim Zelikovsky (B) vs. Elijah Zifferblatt/Maxwell Acri –2-3, unfinished

Singles
1. Amar Tahirovic (B) def. Zino Varouhas-Poole – 6-3, 6-2
2. Oscar Martinez (S) def. Adam Stavrakas – 6-3, 6-2
3. Oscar Bain (B) def. Maxwell Acri – 6-1, 6-3
4. Liam Kilmer (B) def. Duarte Melo – 5-7, 6-4, 10-1
5. Tim Zelikovsky (B) def. Dylan Breen – 6-2, 6-1
6. Will Robinson (B) def. Elijah Zifferblatt – 6-3, 6-1

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Team Stats

Players Mentioned

Oscar Bain Moreno de Vega

Liam Kilmer

Brendan McDonald

Will Robinson

Adam Stavrakas

Amar Tahirovic

Tim Zelikovsky