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Blue Hens Come up Short at Lehigh, 5-2
2/11/2017 5:30:00 PM | Men's Tennis
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Hens men's tennis team battled all the way to the end, but came up just short in Saturday afternoon's 5-2 loss at Lehigh.
The Mountain Hawks (1-4) swept the team doubles point, but Delaware (1-2) quickly picked up the first two singles matches.
Junior Colin Wong (Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia/SMK Kota Kemuning) earned the first win of the day by defeating Colin Nardella, 6-2, 6-1 in the third flight.
Sophomore Venkatesh Ramkumar (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Mendon) followed with a No. 4 6-3, 7-5 victory over Dylan Karchere-Sun.
Lehigh rallied to collect wins in the second, first and fifth flights to clinch their first team win of the year.
“We got off to a slow start in doubles, but bounced back quickly in singles and went up 2-1. I'm proud of our effort as this match came down to the wire.”
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
· Sunday, February 12 – Delaware at Longwood – 3 p.m. – University of Mary Washington (Fredericksburg, Va.)
· Thursday, February 16 – La Salle at Delaware – 11:30 a.m. – Elkton Indoor Tennis (Elkton, Md.) – PLEASE NOTE TIME/LOCATION CHANGE
· Saturday, February 18 – East Carolina at Delaware – 6 p.m. – Elkton Indoor Tennis (Elkton, Md.)
MEDIA CONTACT: Maggie Hayon, Assistant Sports Information Director | mhayon@udel.edu | O: 302-831-6389 | C: 302-379-9182
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