Coming off its first Patriot League title in school history, the Lehigh men’s tennis team placed six student-athletes on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, which was announced Tuesday. Senior captain Andrew Krentz was named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men’s tennis for the second straight year last month.
Prior to making its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance, the Lehigh men’s tennis team handed out its program awards last month at its year-end banquet. The Mountain Hawks won their first ever Patriot League championship, and played in the NCAA tournament in Oxford, Miss. Lehigh’s 18-6 mark also set a school record for wins in a season.
The 2013 Patriot League Champion Lehigh men's tennis team takes you behind the scenes of its NCAA Tournament trip to Ole Miss, hosted by Timur Chernykh '14 and Jeremy Kochman '16.
The Lehigh men’s tennis team saw a memorable spring season come to an end Friday as the Patriot League champions fell 4-0 to No.6 seed Mississippi in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center. The Mountain Hawks battled hard in their first NCAA appearance but the seventh-ranked Rebels proved too strong.
As he prepares to lead Lehigh into its first NCAA Tournament appearance, senior co-captain Andrew Krentz was tabbed as the Patriot League’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men’s tennis for the second straight year, it was announced Wednesday. Krentz was also named to the Academic All-Patriot League for the third straight year. He is joined on the Academic All-League team by Mitchell Petersen.