Men’s Tennis Swamps Lafayette in Regular-Season Finale

LEWISBURG, Pa. – Adam Stavrakas and Brendan McDonald both won singles matches at love, and Tim Zelikovsky won his 28th match of the season on his Senior Day, as the Bucknell men's tennis blanked Lafayette 7-0 on Sunday afternoon. The Bison finished the regular season with a 15-6 record, hitting the 15-win mark in each of coach Jason Cohen's first two seasons at the helm, and they will take a 4-2 conference record into next week's Patriot League Tournament.

Bucknell conceded only four games on the way to a sweep of the three doubles matches, and then McDonald (No. 5) and Stavrakas (No. 2) both needed fewer than 50 minutes to win their singles matches by 6-0, 6-0 counts. No. 1 man Amar Tahirovic was a 6-2, 6-2 winner over Arman Ganchi to clinch the decisive fourth point.

Lafayette's best showings came at No. 3 and 6 singles. Freshman Liam Kilmer, playing up at No. 3 in this one, pulled out a first-set tiebreaker 9-7 over Nick McKenzie, then Kilmer claimed the second set 6-2.

At No. 6, Bison freshman Will Robinson dropped his first set 6-4 to Sam Gelber, but then Robinson dominated from there. He won the second set 6-0 and took the third-set super tiebreaker by a 10-3 count.

Zelikovsky's 6-3, 6-2 win over Darrin Lerner at No. 4 singles not only pushed his season record to 28-3, but it was his 70th career singles victory. That total ties Evan Zimmer for fifth on Bucknell's all-time list. His 114 combined singles and doubles wins are tied with Octavio Canibe for 13th all-time.

The Patriot League Tournament starts next Thursday at West Point. The official seeding will be announced earlier in the week, but the Bison will have a bye into Friday's quarterfinal round.

Men’s Tennis Swamps Lafayette in Regular-Season Finale

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Team Stats

Players Mentioned

Liam Kilmer

Brendan McDonald

Will Robinson

Adam Stavrakas

Amar Tahirovic

Tim Zelikovsky