March 26, 2006

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. (www.lafayette.edu) - St. Bonaventure swept men's tennis action at the Bonnies' Fitness Center on Saturday with a 7-0 non-league win over Lafayette.

Lafayette (16-4), competing without top singles player Andrew Mott, dropped three-set matches at the first and third positions. Alejandro Nery defeated Paul Guarino 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 at No. 1 and Peter Titus dropped a 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (7-4) score at No. 3.

The Leopards faced a St. Bonaventure line-up that paired its third and fourth singles players at No. 1 doubles, the first and fifth players at No. 2 and second and sixth at No. 3. Titus and Jeremy Fehrs, who played fifth singles for Lafayette, fell 8-4 at the top slot. The second doubles team of Brett Warren and Brett Kraft lost 8-3, while Guarino and Alex Goergen fell 8-6 at No. 3.

Lafayette will travel to Washington, D.C. to open Patriot League action on Friday, March 31 and stay south of the Mason-Dixon line to play at Navy on Saturday.

Singles

1. Alejandro Nery (SBU) def. Paul Guarino (L), 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
2. Leo Mochizuki (SBU) def. Brett Warren (L), 6-2, 6-3
3. Andrew Hart (SBU) def. Peter Titus (L), 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (7-4)
4. Dejan Stankovic (SBU) def. Brett Kraft (L), 6-1, 6-3
5. Victor Lecina (SBU) def. Jeremy Fehrs (L), 6-2, 6-0
6. Jonathan Luce (SBU) def. Alex Goergen (L), 6-1, 6-0

Doubles

1. Hart/Stankovic (SBU) def. Titus/Fehrs (L), 8-4
2. Nery/Lecina (SBU) def. Warren/Kraft (L), 8-3
3. Mochizuki/Luce (SBU) def. Guarino/Goergen (L), 8-6