Men's Tennis Set for Three Spring Break Matches in Southern California

Bucknell (6-2) at Westmont (3-6)
When: Monday, Mar. 11, 5:30 p.m. ET
Where: Westmont College, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Bucknell (6-2) at UC Riverside (2-10)
When: Wednesday, Mar. 13, 1 p.m. ET
Where: SRC Tennis Courts, Riverside, Calif.
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Bucknell (6-2) at Loyola Marymount (5-4)
When: Thursday, Mar. 14, 4 p.m. ET
Where: LMU Tennis Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Bucknell at a Glance

The Bison men's tennis squad brings a three-match winning streak out to Southern California, where it will play three matches during Spring Break. Now 6-2 on the season, Bucknell is coming off a 6-1 win over St. Bonaventure in the first home outdoor match of the season.
Freshman Will Robinson, filling in for the injured Brendan McDonald, teamed with Amar Tahirovic for the deciding doubles win against the Bonnies, and then Robinson blanked Arjun Piniprolu 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 to lead the singles charge. Bucknell is now 8-0 in the No. 6 spot in its eight spring duals.
With his win at No. 5 singles last week, senior Tim Zelikovsky improved to a team-best 17-1 in singles, including an 8-0 mark in duals. With 59 career singles wins, Zelikovsky has moved into the top-10 on Bucknell's all-time list. Daniel Bednarek also won 59 matches from 2005-09. Zelikovsky brings a nine-match winning streak to the West Coast.
Oscar Bain Moreno de Vega (15-6), Amar Tahirovic (14-4), Liam Kilmer (14-3), and Adam Stavrakas (12-6) also have double-digit win totals.
Tahirovic, who plays in the No. 1 spot in both singles and doubles, has a team-best 19-4 doubles mark, including a 5-1 record in duals with McDonald. Bucknell has won the doubles point in seven of its eight matches this spring.
Bucknell now has a 90-35 (.720) combined singles record and a 50-23 (.685) doubles mark this season.
This is a young Bucknell squad, with only one senior (Zelikovsky) and no juniors on the roster.
Second-year head coach Jason Cohen knows the West Coast well, as he spent the previous four seasons as the head coach at Caltech before coming to Bucknell.

Westmont at a Glance/Series History

This will be the first-ever meeting between Bucknell and Westmont.
The Warriors have dropped three straight duals to fall to 3-6 on the season. Most recently, they fell 4-1 to Fresno Pacific and 4-3 to Sewanee in a doubleheader on Saturday.
Westmont is in its first year competing at the Division II level in the PacWest Conference. The Warriors moved up from NAIA, where last season they finished 10-10 and fell to Westcliff in the Golden State Athletic Conference Tournament final.
Logan Thompson leads the team with a 6-2 singles record in dual matches, including a 3-0 mark at No. 3. Austin Stone is 2-4 in the No. 1 singles position.
Stone and Ethan Ha play No. 1 doubles, where they are 3-3. Thompson and Owen Vander Ark are 4-2 at No. 2.

UC Riverside at a Glance/Series History

The Highlanders are 2-10 on the season but have won two of their last three. They defeated Hope International 4-0 in their most recent match on Feb. 27 and then had a March 2 contest against Portland canceled. UC Riverside will host another Patriot League squad, Boston University, on Tuesday before the Bison come in on Wednesday.
Joshua Roth and Justin Lamy both picked up their first singles wins of the spring with straight-set victories at No. 1 and No. 2 against Hope International.
UCR finished 6-16 overall and 1-5 in the Big West Conference last season. The Highlanders fell 4-0 to UC Davis in the Big West Tournament.
The Bison and Highlanders have met twice previously, both times at Riverside. UCR won by 6-1 scorelines in both 2017 and 2018.

Loyola Marymount at a Glance/Series History

This will be the first-ever meeting between Bucknell and Loyola Marymount.
The Lions are 5-4 on the season after playing a string of close matches. Loyola Marymount posted back-to-back 4-3 wins over UC Irvine and San Diego State before falling 4-3 at Utah on Saturday. LMU will travel to Utah State on Sunday before hosting Bucknell on Thursday.
The Lions finished 10-11 overall and 3-6 in the West Coast Conference last season.
Yassine Smiej plays in the No. 1 singles spot for the Lions and had a 3-4 record at their last statistical report.

Next Up

After returning from the West Coast, the Bison will travel to Temple on Sunday, March 17 at noon.
The next home match will be against Duquesne on Saturday, March 23 at 11 a.m.

Men's Tennis Set for Three Spring Break Matches in Southern California

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Players Mentioned

Oscar Bain Moreno de Vega

Liam Kilmer

Brendan McDonald

Will Robinson

Adam Stavrakas

Amar Tahirovic

Tim Zelikovsky

Men's Tennis Set for Three Spring Break Matches in Southern California

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Players Mentioned

Oscar Bain Moreno de Vega

Liam Kilmer

Brendan McDonald

Will Robinson

Adam Stavrakas

Amar Tahirovic

Tim Zelikovsky

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