Loyola University Maryland women's tennis won the doubles point, but Lehigh University took four of six singles matches for a 4-3 Patriot League win over the Greyhounds on Saturday afternoon.
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The Lehigh men were 7-0 winners against the Greyhounds.
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Lauren Manwiller and
Christine Richiez teamed to beat Allyce Gaborik and Junmoke James, 6-2, at No. 2 doubles, and
Olivia Tracey and
Liza Tankimovich held off Hamsa Javagal and Bella Peters, 7-5, at No. 3 to claim the point.
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Anushka Dania and Megha Dania teamed for a 6-2 win over
Jessica Bodewes and
Emi Shivkumar at No. 1 doubles.
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In singles, Javagal rallied from a 0-6 setback in the first set against Tracey to win the last two frames, 6-2, 6-1 at No. 1, but Bodewes came back to close out the No. 3 singles match, 6-4, 6-0 over Gaborik to put Loyola in front, 2-1 overall.
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RIchiez then outlasted James, 7-6 (7), 6-3 for a win at No. 4, but Lehigh won the final four singles matches which were completed.
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Anushka Dania got past
Lauren Manwiller in three, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4), at No. 2, and Peters slipped by Tankimovich, 7-5, 7-6 (5) at No. 6. Megha Dania clincked the match with a three-set win over Shivkumar at No. 5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
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On the men's side, Lehigh took the three doubles matches, winning the point the sweep. Sean Jaeger and Marc Blekhman beat
Matt Cardano and
Oliver Davey, 6-4, at No. 1, and Aristotelis Bezianis and Jackson Morash topped
Gilberto Rivera-Gordillo and
Jorge Quintana, 6-2, at No. 2. Michael Bukhalo and Jordan Paul outlasted
Dylan Koziol and
Nick Lawliss, 7-5, at No. 2.
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In singles play, Matt Kleiman opened with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Cardano at No. 1, and Blekhman scored a win over Davey, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 2. Paul was a 6-2, 6-2 winner against Lawliss, and Morash beat Kosiol, 6-4, 6-2, at No. 4. Wyeth Anzilotti topped
Trevor Girandola, 6-0, 7-6 (1) at No. 5, and Bukhalo was a 6-1, 6-2 victor against Quintana at No.
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