Bison Men's Tennis Falls to American 7-0 in First League Contest

Bucknell Falls to 5-8 on the Season, 0-1 in the Patriot League

John Lashnits and the Bison fell to American 7-0 on Saturday.

March 26, 2005

DUMFRIES, Va. - The Bison men's tennis team had a rough start to their Patriot League schedule, falling to American 7-0, Saturday in Dumfries, Va. The Eagles rolled against the Bison, dropping only one set in singles play. The Bison are now 5-8 on the season and 0-1 in the Patriot League.

Freshman John Lashnits was the closest to getting a win taking the first set from American's Mark Doumba and holding on for a super-tiebreaker in the third set at five singles, eventually losing the match 7-6, 1-6, 9-11.

The Bison will continue their PL schedule next week when they take on Navy in Annapolis, Md. The match is scheduled to start at 2 p.m.

Results:
Doubles:
1. Frayssinoux/Proisy def. Reibeisen/Salam, 8-4
2. Doumba/Vazquez def. Pikus/Dichiara, 8-5
3. Jaysingh/Schnell def. Denefrio/Lashnits, 8-5

Singles:
1. Juancarlo Vaquez def. Nick Denefrio 6-2, 6-4
2. Nicloas Frayssinoux def. Ira Reibeison 6-3, 6-1
3. Juan Jaysingh def. Asher Salam 6-2, 6-2
4. Sebastien Proisy def. Gerald DiChiara 6-1, 6-0
5. Mark Doumba def. John Lashnits 6-7, 6-1, 11-9 superbreaker
6. Andrew Singer def. Matt Pikus 6-1, 6-1

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