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Bucknell Men's Tennis Competes in Day Two of the Bucknell Invitational

Hascoe Collects Three Victories

Zach Hascoe collected three victories in day two of the Bucknell Invitational

Oct. 7, 2006

Complete Results

LEWISBURG, Pa - The Bucknell men's tennis team won a total of eight singles matches and were led by freshman Zach Hascoe (Greenwich, Conn./Brunswick), who recorded a pair of singles victories in Flight Four and a doubles win in Flight Three, as it continued play at the Bucknell Invitational Saturday.

Hascoe defeated Christian Malerba of Connecticut in straight-sets, 6-0, 7-5, in the second round and dropped Quinnipiac's Mike Racioppo in a three-set tiebreaker, 6-3, 3-6 (10-6), in the third. Junior Ira Reibeisen (Armonk. N.Y./Rye Country Day-Upper) lost his second round match to UMBC's Irfan Shamasdin, 5-7, 4-6, but bounced back in the third round to beat Ben Schueler of Connecticut, 6-2, 6-0, in the Flight One.

In Flight Two, sophomore Ryan Sandburg (Orange, Calif./Canyon) lost a thrilling three-set tiebreaker in the second round to Stephano Salvatore of Quinnipiac, 2-6, 6-3 (9-11). In the third round, Sandburg took down Connecticut's Joey Michaels, 6-4, 6-2. In the third round of the Flight Five singles, sophomore Daniel Bednarek (Haworth, N.J./Bergan Catholic) notched a straight-set victory over Quinnipiac's Tom Curren, 6-0, 6-2. Sophomores Sidharth Makkar (Queens, N.Y./Bronx School of Science) and Benjamin Rosenstock (West Essex, N.J./West Essex) collected their first singles wins of the invitational in Flights Six and Eight. Makkar beat Connecticut's Aaron Ridchinsky, 6-4, 1-6 (11-9), while Rosenstock was victorious over Tom Cook, 6-2, 4-6 (10-7). Junior Ben Young (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) wrapped up the eighth Bison victory when he defeated Jeff Klar of Connecticut, 6-0, 6-3, in the third round of Flight Seven .