Men's Tennis Completes Competition at 13th Annual Lions' Invitational

Bison compete at The College of New Jersey to open season.

Feb. 18, 2001

EWING, N.J. - The final day of competition concluded in the men's tennis 13th annual Lions' Invitational held at The College of New Jersey. The tournament crowned three singles champions, and featured a round-robin doubles format.

Senior co-captain Hayes Hopple (Wilton, Conn./Saint Georges School) took on Villanova's Paul Moore in the championship match of flight C. Hopple suffered a 7-5, 6-4 setback to finish as the tournament runner up.

Bucknell senior Jeff Gould (Coram, N.Y./Newfield) won his only match of the day, picking up a 9-8 (5) victory over Matt Tallman of The College of New Jersey for seventh place in flight B. Junior Lee Scarborough (Wilmington, Del./A.I. Dupont) also took seventh place, defeating TCNJ's Ralph Gilmore, 8-2, at flight C.

The Bison doubles tandem of Hopple and co-captain Alex Davydov (Middlebury, Vt./Middlebury) went 1-2 in the round-robin format, picking up an 8-0 decision over Ryan Cuevas and Justin Miller of Millersville at flight B. Also posting a 1-2 doubles record was the duo of Scarborough and junior Scott Allen (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga) as they defeated Ryan Devine and Casey Simmons of Villanova, 8-6, at flight C.

The Bison are in action next when they travel to Hilton Head Island for their annual Spring Break trip, March 10-18.

Bucknell Singles Results:
"A"	Rob Howland (TCNJ) def. Davydov (Buck.)		        6-4, 7-6 (6)
	Brad Adams (Villanova) def. Jacobs (Buck.)		6-4, 6-2
	Davydov (Buck.) def. Phillip Nguyen (Millersville)	6-1, 6-2
	Keith Mahaffey (Millersville) def. Jacobs (Buck.)	6-4, 6-4
	Mahaffey (Millersville) def. Davydov (Buck.)		9-8 (4), 6th place

"B"	Jay Berger (TCNJ) def. Gould (Buck.)			6-2, 6-1
	Allen (Buck.) def. Ryan Devine (Villanova)		6-4, 6-4
	Ryan Mellinger (Millersville) def. Allen (Buck.)	6-3, 7-6 (5)
	Igor Petrinovic (Millersville) def. Gould (Buck.)	6-4, 7-6
	Gould (Buck.) def. Matt Tallman (TCNJ)		        9-8 (5), 7th place

"C"	Hopple (Buck.) def. Andy O'Neill (Villanova)		3-6, 6-2, 6-2
	Bryan Hanley (TCNJ) def. Scarborough (Buck.)	        6-3, 1-6, 6-2
	Hopple (Buck.) def. Ryan Cuevas (Millersville)		6-2, 6-4
	John Rossi (Millersville) def. Scarborough (Buck.)	6-7 (3), 6-2, 7-0
	Paul Moore (Villanova) def. Hopple (Buck.)		7-5, 6-4, 2nd place
	Scarborough (Buck.) def. Ralph Gilmore (TCNJ)	        8-2


Bucknell Doubles Results (Round-Robin):
"A"	Adams/Schofield (Villanova) def. Jacobs/Gould (Buck.)	        8-6
	Nguyen/Mahaffey (Millersville) def. Jacobs/Gould (Buck.)        8-3

"B"	Hill/Tallman (TCNJ) def. Davydov/Hopple (Buck.)		        8-5
	Moore/Rohde (Villanova) def. Davydov/Hopple (Buck.)	        8-3
	Davydov/Hopple (Buck.) def. Cuevas/Miller (Millersville)        8-0

"C" 	Hanley/Gilmore (TCNJ) def. Allen/Scarborough (Buck.)	        8-3
	Allen/Scarborough (Buck.) def. Devine/Simmons (Villanova)	8-6
	Mellinger/Mamor (Millersville) def. Allen/Scarborough (Buck.)	8-2

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