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Men's Tennis Competes Well at Lehigh Fall Classic
10.26.09 | Men's Tennis
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Temple men's tennis team had a strong performance at the Lehigh Fall Classic on Sunday, October 25, taking on Lehigh and Monmouth in singles action.
The first round of the day had the Owls squaring off against the host team.
Freshman Kacper Rams, competing in his second tournament of the weekend after playing at the ITA/Wilson Regional Championship at Old Dominion on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, dropped a tough match to Troy List, 3-6, 3-6.
Sophomore Dmitry Vizhunov got Temple in the win column with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Edgarz Rauza. Classmate Matt King picked up a 6-1, 6-2 defeat of Greg Holtzman and freshman Luv Sodha wrapped up the match with a 6-3, 6-4 win against Cameron Silbert.
Temple took on Monmouth in the second round of the day, going 3-1 against the Hawks.
Rams received a win via injury default when opponent Corey Forrest was unable to finish due to an arm injury. Vizhunov needed three sets to get past David Sherwood, dropping the first one 2-6 before coming back to win the second and third sets, 6-2, 6-3.
King continued his strong play with a 6-3, 7-6(4) win against Harveer Bhalla. Sodha rounded out Temple play, dropping a tough 5-7, 2-6 decision to Ben Dahsiell.
The Owls wrap up fall play next weekend at the Cornell Invitational on Friday-Sunday, Oct. 30-Nov. 1.
