Sept. 14, 2015

VILLANOVA, Pa. - The Lafayette men's tennis team competed at the Villanova Invitational over the weekend as all nine members of the squad were able to participate in competition for the first time this fall season.
Senior Brian Stefanowicz was the lone Leopard with a winning record on the afternoon, going 2-2 in doubles and 2-0 in singles. Additionally, Chris Kim was 2-2 in each of the doubles and singles arenas for a 4-4 overall record. Lafayette was joined at the tournament by Villanova, Loyola, Rider, Chestnut Hill, Rider and Longwood.
The team went 15-26 overall, working a 6-7 mark in doubles action and going 9-19 in singles play. Below are the full results of the weekend's action.
Doubles
Purdy/Dodson (Villanova) def Stefanowicz/Matturri (Lafayette) 6-3
Jones/Shriver (Loyola) def Studner/Keel (Lafayette) 6-2
Begley/Berhane (Rider) def Kim/Reed (Lafayette) 6-4
Robles/Oranges (Chestnut Hill) def Benedetto/Webb (Lafayette) 6-2
Stefanowicz/Matturri (Lafayette) def Bocaletto/Regalin (Chestnut Hill) 6-2
Studner/Keel (Lafayette) def Van Herwarde/Gildea (Rider) 6-2
Kim/Reed (Lafayette) def Blessing/Olesnycky (Loyola) 6-3
Shortel/Ishihara (Loyola) def Binder (Lafayette)/Halaba (Villanova) 6-3
Stefanowicz/Matturri (Lafayette) def Kuchta/Burch (Loyola) 6-4
Sankar/Ilchev (Longwood) def Binder (Lafayette)/Habala (Villanova) 6-3
Bejain/Cash (Loyola) def Kim/Reed (Lafayette) 6-4
Benedetto/Webb (Lafayette) def Levi/Ciaccio (Rider) 6-2
Pietrak/Castro (Loyola) def Stefanowicz/Matturri (Lafayette) 6-4
Boyle/Awad (Chestnut Hill) def Benedetto/Binder (Lafayette) 7-6 (1)
Kim/Reed (Lafayette) def Robles/Oranges (Chestnut Hill) 7-5
Singles
Stefanowicz (Lafayette) def Purdy (Villanova) 6-4, 6-4
Dodson (Villanova) def Matturri (Lafayette) 6-1, 6-0
Jones (Loyola) def Studner (Lafayette) 7-5, 6-0
Shriver (Loyola) def Keel (Lafayette) 6-2, 6-2
Kim (Lafayette) def Begley (Rider) 7-5, 6-3
Reed (Lafayette) def Berhane (Rider) 6-4, 6-1
Robles (Chestnut Hill) def Benedetto (Lafayette) 6-1, 7-6(3)
Oranges (Chestnut Hill) def Webb (Lafayette) 6-0, 6-1
Matturri (Lafayette) def Regalin (Chestnut Hill) 8-5
Van Herwarde (Rider) def Studner (Lafayette) 4-6, 6-3, 4-2 Ret-Inj
Keel (Lafayette) def Gildea (Chestnut Hill) 6-3, 6-4
Blessing (Loyola) def Kim (Lafayette) 6-3, 6-2
Olesnycky (Loyola) def Reed (Lafayette) 6-2, 6-2
Shortel (Loyola) def Binder (Lafayette) 6-1, 6-1
Stefanowicz (Lafayette) def Kuchta (Loyola) 6-2, 6-4
Burch (Loyola) def Matturri (Lafayette) 8-3
Castro (Loyola) def Keel (Lafayette) 6-3, 4-6, 10-4
Ilchev (Longwood) def Binder (Lafayette) 6-2, 6-2
Bejain (Loyola) def Kim (Lafayette) 6-4, 6-2
Cash (Loyola) def Reed (Lafayette) 6-4, 6-1
Benedetto (Lafayette) def Levi (Rider) 6-4, 6-1
Ciaccio (Rider) def Webb (Lafayette) 6-4, 6-2
Castro (Loyola) def Matturri (Lafayette) 6-2, 6-1
Burch (Loyola) def Keel (Lafayette) 8-1
Awad (Chestnut Hill) def Benedetto (Lafayette) 8-6
Kim (Lafayette) def Robles (Chestnut Hill) 8-2
Berhane (Rider) def Binder (Lafayette) 8-7(4)
Binder (Lafayette) def Halaba (Villanova) 8-2