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Men's Tennis Wins First Of Three Weekend Road Matches
February 22, 2005 | Men's Tennis
Feb. 19, 2005
The men's tennis team got off on the right foot on Saturday morning, beginning a three-match weekend road stint with a 6-1 victory at Lehigh.
Senior Chris McCoy won his fourth consecutive match at No. 2 singles, defeating Randall Smalley in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1. McCoy evened his overall season's record at 7-7.
Sophomore Soma Kesthely improved to 8-4 on the season, winning in the No. 1 slot, 6-1, 6-3. Freshman Artom Bogdanovich returned to the singles lineup for the first time in nearly a month and registered a 6-4, 7-5 victory at No. 3.
The Eagles (2-3) won all six singles matches in straight sets. Lehigh took two of the three doubles matches to retain the first point of the day.
Complete Results
Singles
#1 Soma Kesthely (BC) def. Ty Esler (LU) - 6-1, 6-3
#2 Chris McCoy (BC) def. Randall Smalley (LU) - 6-3, 6-1
#3 Artom Bogdanovich (BC) def. Ryan Lloyd (LU) - 6-4, 7-5
#4 Jason Sechrist (BC) def. Alfredo Fernandez-Concha (LU) - 6-4, 6-0
#5 Derrick Chou (BC) def. John Nespoli (LU) - 6-4, 6-2
#6 Brad Nelson (LU) def. Dennis Reardon (BC) - 7-6 (1), 6-1
Doubles
#1 McCoy/Sechrist (BC) def. Esler/Smalley (LU) 9-8 (6)
#2 Kesthely/Chou (BC) def. Shapiro/Lloyd (LU) 8-4
#3 Nespoli/Nelson (LU) def. Louis/Bogdanovich (BC) 9-8 (5)
