April 6, 2009

WEST POINT, N.Y. - The Lafayette men's tennis team got its first taste of conference action this weekend in a 7-0 loss against Army on Friday and a 6-1 win over Holy Cross on Saturday.

The Leopards fought hard against the Black Knights and though they came close, Lafayette could not pull a single win. Eric Wiley dropped his second set in No. 1 singles 7-5, Doug Gallagher dropped his two sets 7-6, 7-5 in the No. 2 singles and Kyle MacLelland dropped his second set 7-6 in the No. 6 singles.

Against Holy Cross, Lafayette won the doubles point after claiming all three matches. Gallagher, MacLelland and James Murphy each posted double victories against the Crusaders.

After pairing with MacLelland to win the No. 2 doubles, Gallagher met Angelo Sica again in the No. 2 singles and won both sets, 7-5.

MacLelland cruised to a win over Jay DeSanto in 6-0, 6-3 sets and Murphy defeated Chris Das for the second time on Saturday in the No. 6 singles in 6-1, 6-0 sets.

With Steven Benezra and Lee Kojanis' victories, the Leopards emerged with wins in all but the No. 1 singles.

Lafayette (6-8) continues its conference slate with back-to-back home matches against Navy on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. before meeting Colgate on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Army 7, Lafayette 0
Doubles
1. Phil Muhawi/Jordan Girdley def. Eric Wiley/Lee Kojanis, 8-6
2. Tripp Johnson/Chris Albornoz def. Doug Gallagher/Kyle MacLelland, 8-4
3. Sean Harris/Donald Van Velzer def. James Murphy/Andrew Morris, 8-4
Singles
1. Phil Muhawi def. Eric Wiley, 6-2, 7-5
2. Tripp Johnson def. Doug Gallagher, 7-6, 7-5
3. Chris Albornoz def. Steven Benezra, 6-1, 6-4
4. Donald Van Velzer def. Lee Kojanis, 6-2, 6-0
5. Bruno Lucivero def. James Murphy, 6-3, 6-2
6. Pete Williams def. Kyle MacLelland, 6-4, 7-6
Andrwe Clark def. James Sparacio, 8-0

Lafayette 6, Holy Cross 1
Doubles
1. Wiley/Kojanis def. Wierzel/DeSanto, 8-2
2. Gallagher/MacLelland def. Burke/Sica, 8-3
3. Murphy/Andrew Morris def. Pehlan/Das, 8-1
Singles
1. Matt Wierzel def. Eric Wiley, 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (11-9)
2. Doug Gallagher def. Angelo Sica, 7-5, 7-5
3. Steven Benezra def. John Burke, 6-3, 6-2
4. Lee Kojanis def. Dan Phelan, 6-2, 6-4
5. Kyle MacLelland def. Jay DeSanto, 6-0, 6-3
6. James Murphy def. Chris Das, 6-1, 6-0
James Sparacio def. AJ Shakar, 8-6
Andrew Morris def. Tom Steinert, 8-3