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Mountain Hawks fall 7-0 Tuesday at St. John's

Posted: April 3, 2007

QUEENS, N.Y. – Lehigh suffered its second consecutive setback as the Mountain Hawks were defeated by St. John’s 7-0 Tuesday afternoon at The Courts at St. John’s. A win from the team of junior Brent Herbert and sophomore Drew Balshi at No. 3 doubles prevented the Mountain Hawks from being swept. Lehigh falls to 2-10 on the season, while the Red Storm improves to 9-6 and has won five straight matches overall.

 

Herbert and Balshi won 8-4 over Alex Svetlakov and Derek Wallensteen, as Lehigh head coach juggled his double teams. Senior Alfredo Fernandez-Concha teamed with classmate Brad Nelson to lose 8-4 at first doubles, while junior Jon Nespoli and sophomore Jon-Michael Caminiti were beaten at second doubles.

 

St. John’s continued to control the match in singles play, winning all six flights in straight sets. Fernandez-Concha came the closest to taking a set, losing 6-1 one in the first set, before dropping a second set tiebreak to Louis Desmarteaux.

 

The Mountain Hawks will return to the court on Thursday, April 12 when they resume Patriot League play at Bucknell. The match gets underway at 3:30 pm from Lewisburg, Pa.

 

Doubles

1. Vlasenko/Green (STJ) def. Fernandez Concha/Nelson (LU), 8-4

2. Desmarteaux/Kosut (STJ) def. Nespoli/Caminiti (LU), 8-4

3. Brent Herbert/Balshi (LU) def. Sveltakov/Wallensteen (STJ), 8-4

 

Singles – Order of Finish: 5, 3, 4, 2, 1, 6

1. Louis Desmarteaux (STJ) def. Alfredo Fernandez-Concha (LU), 6-1, 7-6

2. Alex Svetlakov (STJ) def. John Nespoli (LU), 6-4, 6-1

3. Martin Kosut (STJ) def. Andrew Balshi (LU), 6-2, 6-4

4. Jordan Talbot (STJ) def. Mike Gordon (LU), 6-2, 6-1

5. Tom Green (STJ) def. Jon Michael Caminiti (LU), 6-1, 6-0

6. Claudio Halim (STJ) def. Brad Nelson (LU), 6-1, 6-3