Men's Tennis

Four Teams Advance to the Patriot League Men’s Tennis Semifinals (4.26.24)

WEST POINT, N.Y.  Day two of the 2024 Patriot League Men’s Tennis Championship ended with No. 1 Boston University, No. 2 Navy, No. 3 Bucknell and No. 4 Army West Point advancing to the semifinal round on Saturday.

No. 1 BU defeated No. 8 Holy Cross 4-0, while No. 4 Army bested No. 5 Lehigh 4-2. No. 3 Bucknell beat No. 6 Colgate 4-0, and No. 2 Navy rounded out the day with a 4-0 victory over No. 7 Loyola Maryland.
 
The Terriers will take on the Black Knights at 10 a.m., followed by Navy versus Bucknell at 2 p.m. at Army West Point’s Malek Tennis Center in West Point, N.Y. 
 
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Results
No. 1 Boston University 4 vs. No. 8 Holy Cross 0 
Doubles (Order of Finish: 3, 2)
1. Corey Craig/Alejandro Licea (BU) vs. Jeremy Clark/Henry Winiecki (HC), DNF
2. Johann Sajonz/Jakob Esterowitz (BU) def. William Kelleher/Declan O’Flynn (HC), 6-3
3. Jonah Dickson/Adrian Pawlowski (BU) def. Camilo Illanes/Connor Nelson (HC), 6-0
 
Singles (Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2)
1. Corey Craig (BU) def. William Kelleher (HC), 6-0, 6,1
2. Alejandro Licea (BU) vs. Connor Nelson (HC), 7-5, 6-4
3. Gustavs Dambins (BU) def. Declan O’Flynn (HC), 6-3, 6-3
4. Dion Loutas (BU) vs. Teddy Callery (HC), DNF
5. Ben Letzer (BU) vs. Camilo Illanes (HC), DNF
6. Jonah Dickson (BU) vs. Alessandro Bizzarri (HC), DNF
 
No. 4 Army 4 vs. No. 5 Lehigh 2
Doubles (Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3)
1. Matt Kleiman/Marc Blekhman (LEH) def. Jake Huarte/Vishnu Bodavula (ARMY), 6-2
2. Marcus Sebastian/Alan Ton (ARMY) def. Sean Jaeger/Jordan Paul (LEH), 6-4
3. Samuel Haikal/Michael Rooney (ARMY) def. Jackson Morash/Luke Donovan (LEH), 7(7)-6(2)
 
Singles (Order of Finish: 5, 1, 6, 2, 4)
1. Matt Kleiman (LEH) def. Jake Huarte (ARMY), 6-4, 6-2
2. Marc Blekhman (LEH) def. Daniel Zhou (ARMY), 6-4, 6-4
3. Samuel Haikal (ARMY) vs. Sean Jaeger (LEH), DNF
4. Vishnu Bodavula (ARMY) def. Jackson Morash (LEH), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
5. Marcus Sebastian (ARMY) def. Benedict Horn-Bourque (LEH), 6-4, 6-2
6. Alan Ton (ARMY) def. Wyeth Anzilotti (LEH), 6-2, 6-2

No. 3 Bucknell 4 vs. No. 6 Colgate 0
Doubles (Order of Finish: 3, 2)
1. Adam Stavrakas/Oscar Bain (BUC) vs. Josh Israel/Benito Vlassis (COL), DNF
2. Amar Tahirovic/Liam Kilmer (BUC) def. Aidan Chung/John Fazli (COL), 6-3
3. William Robinson/Brendan McDonald (BUC) def. Parker McGowan/Jerome Falcon (COL), 6-1
 
Singles (Order of Finish: 2, 1, 5)
1. Amar Tahirovic (BUC) def. Benito Vlassis (COL), 6-1, 6-2
2. Adam Stavrakas (BUC) def. Josh Israel (COL), 6-1, 6-0
3. Oscar Bain (BUC) vs. Aidan Lee (COL), DNF
4. Liam Kilmer (BUC) vs. Jerome Falcon (COL), DNF
5. Tim Zelikovsky (BUC) def. Mike Thomas (COL), 6-4, 6-2
6. Brendan McDonald (BUC) vs. Aidan Chung (COL), DNF
 
No. 2 Navy 4 vs. No. 7 Loyola 0
Doubles (Order of Finish: 1, 3)
1. Sasha Panyan/Luke Garner (NAVY) def. Nicholas Haggar/Oliver Davey (LOY), 6-0
2. Aniketh Ayinala/J.J. Etterbeek (NAVY) vs. George Cavo/Nick Lawliss (LOY), DNF
3. Herrick Legaspi/Nathan Nguyen(NAVY) def. Matt Cardano/Cristian Pemueller (LOY), 6-0
 
Singles (Order of Finish: 1, 2, 6)
1. Sasha Panyan (NAVY) def. Matt Cardano (LOY), 6-1, 6-0
2. Herrick Legaspi (NAVY) def. Nicholas Haggar (LOY), 6-0, 6-1
3. Luke Garner (NAVY) vs. Oliver Davey (LOY), DNF
4. Steve Nguyen (NAVY) vs. Nick Lawliss (LOY), DNF
5. J.J. Etterbeek (NAVY) vs. George Cavo (LOY), DNF
6. Aniketh Ayinala (NAVY) def. Ryan Boland (LOY), 6-1, 6-0

2024 Patriot League Men's Tennis Championship Schedule
Thursday, April 25 – First Round
No. 8 Holy Cross 4 vs. No. 9 Lafayette 1

Friday, April 26 – Quarterfinals
No. 1 Boston U. 4 vs. No. 8 Holy Cross 0
No. 4 Army 4 vs. No. 5 Lehigh 2
No. 3 Bucknell 4 vs. No. 6 Colgate 0
No. 2 Navy 4 vs. No. 7 Loyola 0

Saturday, April 27 – Semifinals
No. 1 Boston vs. No. 4 Army, 10 a.m.
No. 2 Navy vs. No. 3 Bucknell, 2 p.m.

Sunday, April 28 – Championship
Semifinal 1 winner vs. Semifinal 2 winner, 11 a.m.
 
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