QUEENS, N.Y. – The Lehman College men's tennis team dropped a hard fought, 5-4, match to CUNY Athletic Conference rival John Jay College on Thursday night, in a match held at the USTA's National Tennis Center.
The match started with doubled play, where the tandem of freshman Elvis Mejia (New York, N.Y./Brandeis) and classmate Astrit Krasniqi (New York, N.Y./St. Agnes) won at third, 9-7.
Moving to singles action, Mejia won at fifth singles, 6-2, 6-1, and Krasniqi won at sixth, 6-3, 7-5. Sophomore Dan Harelick (Fair Lawn, N.J./Fair Lawn) was victorious at first singles, 6-3, 6-4, giving Lehman its four victories.
Up next, the Lightning (1-6, 0-4 CUNYAC) head to Brooklyn on Saturday to face Brooklyn College, at 12:00 p.m.
John Jay College 5, Lehman College 4
Apr 10, 2014 at Flushing, NY (USTA National Tennis Center)
Singles competition |
1. Dan Harelick (LEHMAN) def. Yevgeniy Remennik (JOHNJAY) 6-3, 6-4 |
2. Greg Gon (JOHNJAY) def. Ran Zhang (LEHMAN) 6-0, 6-1 |
3. Luis Chirinos (JOHNJAY) def. Gene Nakagaki (LEHMAN) 7-5, 6-4 |
4. Frantisek Demek (JOHNJAY) def. Frankelly Ortiz (LEHMAN) 6-1, 6-0 |
5. Elvis Mejia (LEHMAN) def. Brendon Seagriff (JOHNJAY) 6-2, 6-1 |
6. Astrit Krasniqi (LEHMAN) def. Zag Kimpolo (JOHNJAY) 6-3, 7-5 |
Match Notes |
Lehman College 1-6, 0-4 CUNYAC |
John Jay College 1-4, 1-1 CUNYAC |
T-2:45 A-20 |
