Men's Tennis | March 25, 2018
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Despite taking two of three doubles matches to earn an early 1-0 lead, the La Salle University men's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision at Lehigh on Sunday afternoon.
The duo of
Francesco Mowrey and
Tomas Christian disposed of Lehigh's top pair to give the Explorers an early edge in doubles. After a La Salle loss at No. 3, freshmen
Connor Merrill and
Rogelio Gonzalez secured the point for the Explorers with a 6-3 win at the second position.
From there, the Mountain Hawks won three singles matches in straight sets to take a commanding 3-1 advantage. Mowrey, playing at the top singles position, fought back from a 6-0 loss in the opening set of his matchup with Harry Wang, winning the second, 6-4. In the third, Mowrey and Wang went to a tiebreak, with Wang coming out on top to clinch the win for Lehigh.
La Salle travels to Baltimore for its next match, a non-league tilt with Coppin State on Thursday, March 29.
Lehigh 6, La Salle 1
Doubles
1.
Francesco Mowrey/
Tomas Christian (La Salle) def. Bryant Born/Jack Petersen (Lehigh), 6-2
2.
Connor Merrill/
Rogelio Gonzalez (La Salle) def. George Cooper/Christopher Auteri (Lehigh), 6-3
3. Dylan Karchere-Sun/Harry Wang (Lehigh) def.
Patrick Pascual/
Colin Lucius (La Salle), 6-3
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
Singles
1. Harry Wang (Lehigh) def.
Francesco Mowrey (La Salle), 6-0, 4-6, 7-6(9)
2. Jack Petersen (Lehigh) def.
Connor Merrill (La Salle), 6-0, 6-3
3. Christopher Auteri (Lehigh) def.
Rogelio Gonzalez (La Salle), 6-0, 6-1
4. Jacob Edelchick (Lehigh) def.
Tomas Christian (La Salle), 6-3, 6-2
5. George Cooper (Lehigh) def.
Patrick Pascual (La Salle), 6-2, 6-2
6. Sam Bencheghib (Lehigh) def.
Colin Lucius (La Salle), 0-6, 6-3, 11-9
Order of finish: 3, 2, 4, 1*, 5, 6
*Clinched match
