Lehigh Edges Dragons 4-3

Sunday, February 21

Bethlehem, Pa.

10:00 a.m.

Drexel University

Lehigh

2/22/2010 10:01:20 AM | Men's Tennis

Bethlehem, Pa. - Drexel came up just short on the road against Lehigh, falling 4-3 against the Mountain Hawks. The Dragons won at first, second and third singles, but Lehigh took the bottom half of the lineup and won two of three doubles matches to pull out the victory. The loss drops Drexel's season record to 3-3 overall in dual matches.

Playing at first singles for the first time this season, Nikoloz Kurdadze put away Troy List 6-4, 7-6. Manu Bajpai upended Collin Laffey 7-6, 6-4 at second singles and Mehdi Rhazali settled in a third singles with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Leland Richardson.

Kurdadze and Bajpai also won at first doubles, 8-4, over List and Laffey.

The Dragons are back on the court this weekend when they host Colgate at Riverwinds Tennis Center on Saturday, Feb. 27.

Match Results

Lehigh 4, Drexel 3

Doubles
1. Kurdoze/Bajpai (DU) def. List/Laffey (LU) 8-4
2. Richardson/Savran (LU) def. Savage-Pollock/Srinivasan (DU) 8-6
3. Silbert/Pacheco (LU) def. Rhazali/Nguyen (DU) 8-5

Singles
1. Nikoloz Kurdadze (DU) def. Troy List (LU) 6-4, 7-6
2. Manu Bajpai (DU) def. Collin Laffey (LU) 7-6, 6-4
3. Mehdi Rhazali (DU) def. Leland Richardson (LU) 6-3, 6-3
4. Matt Savran (LU) def. Jason Savage-Pollock (DU) 6-4, 6-4
5. Ryan Krueger (LU) def. Bryan Nguyen (DU) 6-4,7-5
6. Andrew Krentz (LU) def. Jeganathan Srinivasan (DU) 7-6, 7-5