Mountain Hawks Host Lafayette, Rider And Villanova At Lehigh Invite

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh males’s tennis hosted the Lehigh Invite from the Ulrich Varsity Tennis Courts on Saturday and Sunday this previous weekend. The Mountain Hawks performed host to rival Lafayette, Rider and Villanova for 3 singles and three doubles matches.

The weekend kicked off at 9 a.m. on Saturday in singles competitors towards Lafayette, which resulted in a dominant victory for the Mountain Hawks. Lehigh bested Lafayette 8-1 throughout 9 whole singles matches.

The Mountain Hawks then confronted off towards Rider in doubles. Sean Jaeger and Alex Van Lumich picked up a 7-5 win at primary to kick issues off whereas Lehigh additionally earned a win at quantity 5 courtesy of Benedict Horn-Bourque and Shiv Sastry. However, Rider finally got here away with a 3-2 victory.

The closing match of the day on Saturday for the Mountain Hawks got here in singles competitors towards Villanova. The two groups performed a complete of 12 matches, leading to a 6-6 tie. The Mountain Hawks discovered wins from Van Lumich at quantity two, Kosei Ogata at quantity three, Ofer Hacohen at quantity 5, Wyeth Anzilotti at quantity seven, Nate Raney at quantity ten and Victor Imanishi at quantity eleven.

Sunday started in doubles play for the Mountain Hawks towards Lafayette, which led to a 2-2 draw. The group of Ogata and Henry Stoller gained 6-4 at quantity two whereas Anzilotti and Raney picked up a 6-1 win at quantity 4.

Lehigh’s closing singles match was towards Rider. The Broncs gained six out of ten singles matches performed. Lehigh’s wins got here from Aleksandar Daskalovic at quantity 5, Hacohen at quantity six, Raney at quantity eight and Sastry at quantity ten.

The closing competitors of the weekend for the Mountain Hawks was a doubles match towards Villanova. Lehigh picked up victories at numbers one and two due to Jaeger/Van Lumich and Ogata/Stoller, however Villanova finally defeated the Mountain Hawks 4-2.

The Mountain Hawks are again in motion this weekend on October 3-5 on the Army Shootout in West Point, N.Y.