Feb. 24, 2007

Bethlehem, Penn. - The men's tennis team won its second straight match as the Seawolves swept Lehigh, 7-0, on Friday afternoon. With the win the Seawolves move to 2-3 on the year.

After claiming the doubles point with wins from the duo of Nihal Advani and Quirijn Van Veen at No. 1 doubles, 8-3, and the team of Ilan Shvartz and Jon Epstein at No. 3 doubles, 8-6, the Seawolves cruised to win all six singles lines to complete the sweep of the Mountain Hawks.

Van Veen won at No. 1, 7-5, 6-2, Advani outlasted his opponent at No. 2, 6-0, 4-6, 6-2, Youssef Fassi-Fehri won at No. 3, 6-1, 6-2, Shvartz won at No. 4, 6-1, 6-4, Epstein won at No. 5, 8-4, and Alex Markovich completed the sweep with an 8-4 win at No. 6.

The Seawolves return to action on Saturday when they take on Bucknell.

Doubles
1. Van Veen/Advani (SBU) def. Balshi/Herbert (LU) 8-3
2. Fernandez-Concha/Nespoli (LU) led Fassi-Fehri/Markovich (SBU) 3-2, DNF
3. Shvartz/Epstein (SBU) def. Gordon/Caminiti (LU) 8-6

Singles
1. Quirijn Van Veen (SBU) def. Alfredo Fernandez-Concha (LU) 7-5, 6-2
2. Nihal Advani (SBU) def. Drew Balshi (LU) 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
3. Youssef Fassi-Fehri (SBU) def. Brent Herbert (LU) 6-1, 6-2
4. Ilan Shvartz (SBU) def. Mike Gordon (LU) 6-1, 6-4
5. Jon Epstein (SBU) def. Jon-Michael Caminiti (LU) 8-4
6. Alex Markovich (SBU) def. Evan Volkman (LU) 8-4