The Lehman College men's tennis team earned its third victory of the season on the road over John Jay [2-6:1-3] 8-1. With the win, men's tennis reaches .500 on the season [3-3, 2-2].
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All three Lightning doubles teams came out with a victory, sweeping the Bloodhounds in doubles competition. The duo of
Michael Forte and
Jeffrey Lecitona set the tone with an 8-2 victory in one doubles.
Richard Williams and
Brian Persuad won 8-4 at second doubles.
Won Sik Park and
Elvis Mejia finished off the sweep, 8-2 in third doubles.
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The Lightning won the first two singles matches as Forte and Williams won at first and second singles 6-2, 6-3 and 6-2, 6-1 respectively. The Bloodhounds got their lone victory in third singles, but Lehman's Park, Chris Velez, and Persuad closed out the match with victories in fourth, fifth, and sixth singles respectively.
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The Lightning return to action Thursday to host the Hunter College Hawks at 10 AM. Â
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