BETHLEHEM, PA. - FDU men's tennis had a very successful weekend in Pennsylvania at the Lehigh Invitational, hosted by the Mountain Hawks. Notching a very impressive 23 wins over the two days, the Knights showed a dominating performance.

Day 1 boasted a doubles sweep over Rider, with all four pairs coming out victorious. Day 2 was just as successful with 6 single wins over Lafayette. Sophomore Gryffin Minor had an undefeated weekend, winning all 3 single matches against opponents from Lafayette, Lehigh, and Rider. Minor and his partner Tauras Mickus also remained victorious in doubles, winning both matches against Lehigh and Rider.
 

DAY 2 RESULTS

DOUBLES:
 
KLEIMAN, Matt/BLEKHMAN, Marc (LEI) def. OBONIYE, Joshua/SRIRAM, Arjun (FDU) 7-5 MICKUS, Tauras/MINOR, Gryffin (FDU) def. MORASH, Jackson/BEZIANIS, A. (LEI) 7-5
NEIRA, Matias/CROOK, Tyler (FDU) def. JAEGER, Sean/PAUL, Jordan (LEI) 6-0
ANZILOTTI, Wyeth/HORN-BOURQUE, B. (LEI) def. ALONSO-CORTES, J./NICOLAE, Andrew (FDU) 7-5
OBONIYE, Joshua/SRIRAM, Arjun (FDU) def. SLATTERY, Nathan/GRISCTI, Matthew (RID) 6-2 MINOR, Gryffin/MICKUS, Tauras (FDU) def. DILLON, Cooper/GRIMES, Jake (RID) 6-3
CROOK, Tyler/NEIRA, Matias (FDU) def. HADJIVARNAVA, S./MARTINEZ, Roger (RID) 6-3 ALONSO-CORTES, J./NICOLAE, Andrew (FDU) def. GANESHAN, Vishal/FLOTTA, Lucas (RID) 7-6 (7-1)
 
SINGLES:

GANCHI, Arman (LAF) def. MICKUS, Tauras (FDU) 8-6
OBONIYE, Joshua (FDU) def. MCKENZIE, Nick (LAF) 8-7 (7-4)
MINOR, Gryffin (FDU) def. GELBER, Sam (LAF) 8-2
CROOK, Tyler (FDU) def. MAGNUSSON, Jake (LAF) 8-7
ALONSO-CORTES, J. (FDU) def. LERNER, Derrin (LAF) 8-2 (9-7)
NICOLAE, Andrew (FDU) def. ESSLINGER, Davis (LAF) 8-4
NEIRA, Matias (FDU) def. WOOLLEY, William (LAF) 8-1
 

DAY 1 RESULTS

DOUBLES:
 
LINLEY, Thomas/OBONIYE, Joshua (FDU) def. MAGNUSSON, Jake/GANCHI, Arman (LAF) 6-3 SRIRAM, Arjun/CROOK, Tyler (FDU) def. GELBER, Sam/MCKENZIE, Nick (LAF) 6-2
NEIRA, Matias/NICOLAE, Andrew (FDU) def. ESSLINGER, Davis/LERNER, Derrin (LAF) 6-4
 
SINGLES:
 
KLEIMAN, Matt (LEI) def. SRIRAM, Arjun (FDU) 8-6
BLEKHMAN, Marc (LEI) def. MICKUS, Tauras (FDU) 8-5
PAUL, Jordan (LEI) def. OBONIYE, Joshua (FDU) 8-5
BEZIANIS, A. (LEI) def. LINLEY, Thomas (FDU) retired
JAEGER, Sean (LEI) def. CROOK, Tyler (FDU) 8-6
MINOR, Gryffin (FDU) def. ANZILOTTI, Wyeth (LEI) 8-4
MORASH, Jackson (LEI) def. NEIRA, Matias (FDU) 8-1
HORN-BOURQUE, B. (LEI) def. ALONSO-CORTES, J. (FDU) 8-7 (7-5)
MICKUS, Tauras (FDU) def. SLATTERY, Nathan (RID) 8-6
SRIRAM, Arjun (FDU) def. GRISCTI, Matthew (RID) 8-1
OBONIYE, Joshua (FDU) def. DILLON, Cooper (RID) 8-5
LINLEY, Thomas (FDU) def. HADJIVARNAVA, S. (RID) 8-2
MINOR, Gryffin (FDU) def. MARTINEZ, Roger (RID) 8-3
CROOK, Tyler (FDU) def. GRIMES, Jake (RID) 8-7 (7-5)
ALONSO-CORTES, J. (FDU) def. GANESHAN, Vishal (RID) 8-6
FLOTTA, Lucas (RID) def. NICOLAE, Andrew (FDU) 8-7 (7-4)
 

THE ROAD AHEAD

FDU looks ahead to the Hofstra Invitational beginning on Saturday, September 30 in Hempstead, N.Y. The weekend's events will take place at Hofstra University Outdoor Tennis Center, beginning at 9 am.
 
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