Bucknell Men's Tennis Nipped by Binghamton, 4-3

Reibeisen Earns 99th Career Victory

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Junior Ira Reibeisen is now one win shy of 100 for his career.
Junior Ira Reibeisen is now one win shy of 100 for his career.
 

April 19, 2007

LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell men's tennis squad dropped its final regular season match against Binghamton, 4-3, at the Bucknell Varsity Tennis Courts, on Thursday. Junior Ira Reibeisen (Armonk, N.Y./Rye Country Day-Upper) posted No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles victories to bring his career wins mark to 99. The Bison fall to 9-12 (2-3 PL), while the Bearcats improve to 7-10 on the season.

Bucknell swept the doubles matches to earn the first point of the afternoon. The sophomore duo of Ryan Sandburg (Orange, Calif./Canyon) and Jonathan Brenner (Manhasset, N.Y./Chaminade) took down Faisal Mohamed and Alex Dobrin in the No. spot, 8-4, while the team of Reibeisen and junior Ben Young (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) defeated Reina Kotake and Pierre Clavel, 8-7(4), in the No. 2 spot.

Reibeisen dropped Mohamed, 6-4, 6-2, in the No. 2 spot, to put the Bison up 3-0. He is now 12-7 in the No. 1 spot this season. Freshman Zach Hascoe (Greenwich, Conn./Brunswick) fell in the No. 3 spot to Clavel, 6-3, 6-1, while sophomore Daniel Bednarek (Haworth, N.J./Bergen Catholic) lost to Kohtake in three sets, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Sandburg lost a three-set match to Dobrin, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0, in the No. 2 spot. Binghamton's Jon Bonnet clinched the match for the Bearcats with a three-set victory over Brenner, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, in the No. 4 spot.

The Bison will participate in the 2007 Patriot League Tournament on Saturday, Apr. 21, in Annapolis, Md., on the campus of Navy. Bucknell, the No. 4 seed in the tournament, will play No. 5 Lehigh in the opening round at 8 a.m. The winner will face No. 1 Navy, in the semifinals.

Binghamton 4, Bucknell 3.
Doubles
No. 1 - Brenner/Sandburg (B) def. Mohamed/Dobrin, 8-4
No. 2 - Reibeisen/Young (B) def. Kohtake/Clavel, 8-7(4)
No. 3 - Bednarek/Hascoe (B) def. Default
Order: 3, 1, 2

 

 

Singles
No. 1 - Ira Reibeisen (B) def. Faisal Mohamed, 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 - Alex Dobrin (Bing) def. Ryan Sandburg, 1-6, 6-3, 6-0
No. 3 - Pierre Clavel (Bing) def. Zach Hascoe, 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 - Jon Bonnet (Bing) def. Jonathan Brenner, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
No. 5 - Reina Kohtake (Bing) def. Daniel Bednarek, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 - Ben Young (B) def. Default
Order: 6, 3, 1, 5, 2, 4

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