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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
Vincent Turina
Vincent Turina
4
Winner Hofstra HOF (2-4)
3
Lehigh LEHIGH (2-4)
Winner
Hofstra HOF
(2-4)
4
Final
3
Lehigh LEHIGH
(2-4)

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Len Skoros

Hofstra Picks Up Thrilling Victory At Lehigh

Bethlehem, PA - Vincent Turina defeated Lehigh's Wyeth Anzilotti in a tightly-contested three-set match at the sixth singles flight to give the Pride a 4-3 victory over the Mountain Hawks Saturday at the Lewis Indoor Tennis Center. Turina's win capped off four consecutive singles flight wins for the Pride. 

Lehigh swept the doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead in the match and then won the first two completed singles flights to lead, 3-0. Maxim Michaels got Hofstra on the board with a 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 win over Sean Jaeger at the No. 4 flight. Matthew Garcia followed with a three-set win (6-3, 6-7 (1-7), 6-2) win over Jackson Morash at No. 5. Ostap Kovalenk then won in three sets at No. 1, posting a 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 6-3 win against Matt Kleiman. That set up the winner take all match at No. 6 between Turina and Anzilotti. Turina won the first set, 7-5, before falling in the second by a 5-7 score. The deciding third set went Turina's way in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (7-3). 

Hofstra moved to 2-4 with the win, while Lehigh slipped to 2-4 with the loss. 

The Pride returns to action next Saturday, February 24, at Navy.   

Singles
Ostap Kovalenko (Hofstra) def. Matt Kleiman (Lehigh) 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 6-3
Marc Blekhman (Lehigh) def. Joshua Reynolds (Hofstra) 7-5, 6-3
Aristotelis Bezianis (Lehigh) def. Hideki Matsuoka (Hofstra) 6-2, 6-1
Maxim Michaels (Hofstra) def. Sean Jaeger (Lehigh) 7-5, 5-7, 6-3
Matthew Garcia (Hofstra) def. Jackson Morash (Lehigh) 6-3, 6-7 (1-7), 6-2
Vincent Turina (Hofstra) def. Wyeth Anzilotti (Lehigh) 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3)

Doubles
Kleiman/Blekhman (Lehigh) def. Mahrt/Kovalenko (Hofstra) 6-3
Bezianis/Morash (Lehigh) def. Odani/Reynolds (Hofstra) 6-3
Paul/Jaeger (Lehigh) def. Matsuoka/Turina (Hofstra) 7-5

Order of finish: Doubles (1, 2, 3), Singles (3, 2, 4, 5, 1, 6)

 
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