Apr. 9, 2011

Box Score

With just one conference match remaining, the Lehman men's tennis team saw its record drop to 2-4 in CUNYAC after losing to Baruch College 9-0 on Saturday afternoon.

The closest the Lightning came to taking a match from the undefeated Bearcats was in No. 1 singles where Raul Santana pushed Aydar Suleymanov to three sets before falling 6-4, 3-6, 10-4.

In other single action, No. 2 Michael Tal was disposed of by Christopher Jenkins 6-0, 6-1; No. 3 Jahi-Abasi Jabbar lost 6-1, 6-1 to Lukas Bircic; No. 4 Cesar Andrade was shut out 6-0, 6-0 by Stephan Muller; No. 5 Philip Akogu was bounced by Phillip Bleustein; and No. 6 Rabiedra Hansraj met his match in Bryan Adler, 6-0, 6-1.

Baruch's No. 1 doubles pairing of Suleymanov and Bircic and No. 2 pair of Jenkins and Muller downed their Lehman counterparts, Santana and Tal, and Jabbar and Andrade, 8-3 respectively. The No. 3 team of Bleustein and Adler made short work of Akogu and Saleh, taking their showdown 8-1.

Lehman is back in action on Tuesday when it welcomes visiting St. Joseph's of Long Island to the Bronx.