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Men's Tennis Edges Lehigh 4-3
2/22/2009 8:05:13 PM | Men's Tennis
Bethlehem, Pa. - Sabyasachi Bose closed out a three-set victory over Lehigh's Chris Collins at fourth singles to clinch a 4-3 victory for Drexel over the Mountain Hawks. Carlo Pangilinan and Mehdi Rhazali also won their singles matches for the Dragons who improve to 5-3 in dual matches with the victory.
Drexel swept doubles play, winning all three matches to earn a crucial team point in the close match. On the singles side Pangilinan defeated Colin Laffey 6-4, 6-0 and Rhazali made quick work of Edgar Rauza 6-1, 6-3 to earn points.
Bose won it for the Dragons in a three-set classic. He won the first set 6-2 and dropped the second 3-6 before bouncing back for a resounding 6-1 victory in the third to claim the match for his team.
The Dragons are back in action on Saturday, Feb. 28 when they take on Philadelphia rival Saint Joseph's in a dual match at Upper Dublin Racquet Club at 1:00 p.m.
#1 Singles Troy List d. Joey Koebele (DU) 6-4, 6-1
#2 Singles Carlo Pangilinan (DU) d. Colin Laffey 6-4, 6-0
#3 Singles Mehdi Rhazali (DU) d. Edgar Rauza 6-1, 6-3
#4 Singles Sabyasachi Bose (DU) d. Chris Collins 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
#5 Singles Ryan Krueger d. Jason Savage-Pollock (DU) 6-4, 6-2
#6 Singles Arnaldo Pacheco d. Bryan Nguyen (DU) 6-2, 6-3
#1 Doubles Joey Koebele/Carlo Pangilinan (DU) d. Colin Laffey/Troy List 8-4
#2 Doubles Sabyasachi Bose/Jason Savage-Pollock (DU) d. Arnaldo Pacheco/Cameron Silbert 8-5
#3 Doubles Bryan Nguyen/Mehdi Rhazali (DU) d. Chris Collins/Ryan Kreuger 8-4
