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Sunday, March 23
Hamilton, N.Y.
12 p.m.
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Three-Set Singles Wins Help Men’s Tennis Finish Off 6-1 Victory at Colgate
3/23/2025 3:53:00 PM | Men's Tennis
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Oscar Bain Moreno de Vega, Liam Kilmer, and Brendan McDonald all won three-set singles matches to help carry the Bucknell men's tennis team to a 6-1 Patriot League victory over Colgate on Sunday afternoon at Drumlins Tennis Club. The Bison improved to 12-5 overall and 2-0 in league play, while Colgate dropped to 8-7, 1-3.
Amar Tahirovic and Adam Stavrakas continued their dominance at the top of the lineup, and Bucknell's prowess in the three-setters was the difference. The Bison got out to a good start by sweeping all three doubles matches. Tahirovic and McDonald were the first off with a 6-3 win at No. 1, and Kilmer and Will Robinson clinched the point with a 6-4 verdict at No. 3.
Tahirovic was a 6-2, 6-1 winner over Benito Vlassis at No. 1 singles, and Stavrakas followed with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Aidan Lee on Court 2. Things got interesting when Benjamin Graham got Colgate on the board with a straight-set win at No. 5, and then the three remaining matches all extended to a third set.
At No. 3 singles, Bain defeated Josh Israel 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Next door on Court 4, Kilmer dropped his first set to Lochlan Seth in a tiebreaker before coming back to control the second and third sets 6-3 and 6-0. After the team result was clinched, McDonald made it a 6-1 final with a 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 win over Jerome Falcon at No. 6.
Stavrakas has now won 17 straight singles matches and is 28-3 on the season. The 28 wins are third-most in a season in Bucknell history. Nick Bybel holds the record with 38 in 2014-15, and Tim Zelikovsky won 29 last season. Tahirovic is 25-3 over the full season, and with 75 career wins he needs only one more win to move into the No. 2 spot on Bucknell's career list.
Bucknell returns home next Saturday to face Loyola at 11 a.m. at the Varsity Tennis Courts.
Amar Tahirovic and Adam Stavrakas continued their dominance at the top of the lineup, and Bucknell's prowess in the three-setters was the difference. The Bison got out to a good start by sweeping all three doubles matches. Tahirovic and McDonald were the first off with a 6-3 win at No. 1, and Kilmer and Will Robinson clinched the point with a 6-4 verdict at No. 3.
Tahirovic was a 6-2, 6-1 winner over Benito Vlassis at No. 1 singles, and Stavrakas followed with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Aidan Lee on Court 2. Things got interesting when Benjamin Graham got Colgate on the board with a straight-set win at No. 5, and then the three remaining matches all extended to a third set.
At No. 3 singles, Bain defeated Josh Israel 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Next door on Court 4, Kilmer dropped his first set to Lochlan Seth in a tiebreaker before coming back to control the second and third sets 6-3 and 6-0. After the team result was clinched, McDonald made it a 6-1 final with a 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 win over Jerome Falcon at No. 6.
Stavrakas has now won 17 straight singles matches and is 28-3 on the season. The 28 wins are third-most in a season in Bucknell history. Nick Bybel holds the record with 38 in 2014-15, and Tim Zelikovsky won 29 last season. Tahirovic is 25-3 over the full season, and with 75 career wins he needs only one more win to move into the No. 2 spot on Bucknell's career list.
Bucknell returns home next Saturday to face Loyola at 11 a.m. at the Varsity Tennis Courts.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
12
66
Benito Vlassis / 0 [CGT]
21
#2 Singles Match
12
66
Aidan Lee / 0 [CGT]
33
#3 Singles Match
123
646
Josh Israel / 0 [CGT]
363
#4 Singles Match
123
666
Lochlan Seth / 0 [CGT]
730
#5 Singles Match
12
50
Benjamin Graham / 0 [CGT]
76
#6 Singles Match
123
647
Jerome Falcon / 0 [CGT]
465
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