Lehman College Athletics

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The Lehman College men’s tennis team (1-7 Overall, 1-5 CUNYAC) dropped a CUNYAC match to the Bearcats of Baruch College on Saturday afternoon, falling by a score of 8-1 at the APEX Tennis Courts in the Bronx. The loss was the fifth straight defeat for the Lightning.

The Bearcats dominated doubles play, capturing all three doubles sets. At No. 1, it was Baruch’s combination of Andrew Smith and Damon Ye turning back Lehman’s duo of Miguel Carela and Shiva Devarinti by a score of 8-2. The Bearcats’ Aliaksei Misitau and Tadas Valiukenas defeated the Lightning’s David Chang and Dean Garcia 8-2 at No. 2 doubles, and finally at No. 3 it was Baruch’s team of Mikheil Sumbatashvili and Paul Medvinsky silencing Lehman’s pair of Marcos Coto-Batres and Joseph Veras by a score of 8-2.

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The Lehman College men’s tennis team (1-5 Overall, 1-2 CUNYAC) dropped a conference match on Thursday afternoon, falling to the Beavers of the City College of New York (3-1 Overall, 1-1 CUNYAC) by a score of 9-0 at the APEX Tennis Courts.

The Beavers took a commanding 3-0 lead after doubles play. At No. 1 doubles, it was CCNY’s combination of Asaf Breier and Gabriel Felder turning back Lehman College’s pair of Miguel Carela and David Chang by a score of 8-4. City College’s Gaiell Mitchell-Kercy and Alexander Jonsson defeated Lehman College’s Shiva Devarinti and Dean Garcia by a score of 8-5 at No. 2 doubles, and No. 3 doubles saw the Lightning’s Larry Harvey and Joseph Veras fall to CCNY’s Steven Tran and Vinicio Haro by a score of 8-0.

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The Lehman College men’s tennis team (1-2 Overall, 1-1 CUNYAC) picked up its first victory for the 2010 campaign on Tuesday afternoon, defeating the Yellow Jackets of New York City College of Technology (0-4 Overall, 0-3 CUNYAC) by a score of 7-2 on the campus of York College.

The Lightning took the lead after doubles play, capturing two out of the three doubles sets. At No. 1, it was Lehman’s David Chang and Miguel Carela turning back City Tech’s Ahmed Dirhalleh and Sebastien Francois by a score of 8-6. The Lightning’s Joseph Veras and Larry Harvey nailed down a victory at No. 2 doubles by beating the Yellow Jackets’ Cliford Pierrot and Kadeem Levine by a score of 8-4. City Tech won the third doubles by default as the Lightning didn’t have enough players to form a third doubles unit.