Men's Tennis Splits Weekend Against Boston University & Lehigh

Friday, April 12

Manchester, MA

4:00 PM

Army West Point

Boston University

Men's Tennis Splits Weekend Against Boston University & Lehigh

April 13, 2024 | Men's Tennis

MANCHESTER, MA – Army West Point men's tennis (12-13, 4-1 Patriot League) suffered a 4-1 defeat to Boston University (18-7, 6-0 Patriot League) before taking down Lehigh (10-10, 3-3 Patriot League) this weekend from Manchester Athletic Club.

The Black Knights began the weekend taking on the Terriers of Boston University, with Army getting off to a quick start taking the doubles point. Samuel Haikal and Michael Rooney tabbed a comfortable 6-0 win on court three before Alan Ton and Marcus Sebastian got a break to claim a 7-5 win at flight two. However, the Terriers were able to take the first set in five of the six singles matches, before securing an eventual 4-1 victory over the Cadets.

Returning on Saturday against the Mountain Hawks, Army did not have the same fate on the doubles courts as only Haikal and Rooney were able to take their match. Trailing 1-0, Army got back into the match through Jake Huarte and Vishnu Bodavula, who picked up two-set victories on courts one and four, respectively. Army then fell on courts two and three, making it a 3-2 contest in favor of Lehigh with both flight five and six headed to a third set. With no margin for error, Sebastian had his strongest set of the weekend, claiming a 6-1 win to make it 3-3. All coming down to Daniel Choi on court six, the Army sophomore clutched up for the conference win, taking the third set by a score of 6-2 which improved the Black Knights to 4-1 in the Patriot League.

Army 1, Boston U 4
Doubles
1. Alejandro Licea/Corey Craig (BU) def. Vishnu Bodavula/Samuel Haikal (Army): 6-2
2. Alan Ton/Marcus Sebastain (Army) def. Johann Sajonz/Jakob Esterowitz (BU): 7-5
3. Samuel Haikal/Michael Rooney (Army) def. Adrian Pawlowski/Jonah Dickson (BU): 6-0
Singles
1. Corey Craig (BU) def. Daniel Zhou (Army): 6-0, 6-2
2. Jakob Esterowitz (BU) def. Jake Huarte (Army): 7-6, 6-4
3. Alejandro Licea (BU) def. Samuel Haikal (Army): 6-1, 6-4
4. Dion Loutas (BU) def. Alan Ton (Army): 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
5. Vishnu Bodavula (Army) DNF vs. Gustavs Dambins (BU): 4-6, 3-4
6. Marcus Sebastain (Army) DNF vs. Ben Letzer (BU): 7-5, 0-5

Army 4, Lehigh 3
Doubles
1. Matt Kleiman/Marc Blekhman (LEH) def. Vishnu Bodavula/Jake Huarte (Army): 6-1
2. Jackson Morash/Sean Jaeger (LEH) def. Alan Ton/Marcus Sebastian (Army): 7-6
3. Samuel Haikal/Michael Rooney (Army) def. Luke Donovan/Wyeth Anzilotti (LEH): 6-1
Singles
1. Jake Huarte (Army) def. Wyeth Anzilottiehigh (LEH): 6-4, 6-4
2. Marc Blekhman (LEH) def. Samuel Haikal (Army): 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
3. Sean Jaeger (LEH) def. Alan Ton (Army): 7-6, 6-2
4. Vishnu Bodavula (Army) def. Jackson Morash (LEH): 7-5, 6-2
5. Marcus Sebastian (Army) def. Benedict Horn-Bourque (LEH) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
6. Daniel Choi (Army) def. Wyeth Anzilotti (Lehigh) 6-2, 7-6, 6-2

The Black Knights will reurn for the regular season finale which also marks the annual Star Match as part of the Army-Navy Star Series presented by USAA. Army will take on Navy on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. from Annapolis.