March 25, 1999

Villanova, Pa.--- In their first home match of the spring, the Villanova men's tennis team fell to the visiting Mountain Hawks of Lehigh University 1-4 on Wednesday, March 23. With the loss, the Wildcats fall back to the .500 mark making them 6-6 on the year.

Lehigh came into the match with a 5-3 record, looking to put another dent in the loss column for Villanova. The Mountain Hawks were victorious , making a clean sweep in singles action. Two of the six singles matches were not completed, though, due to darkness on the outside courts. At the No. 1 singles position, Robert Waibel (VU) and Cameron Taylor (LU) were on their way to finishing the third set (6-4, 5-7, 2-1) when the match was called off.

In doubles competition, Villanova's Stephen Smith and Ramon Prats defeated the Mountain Hawks duo of Josh Kritzler and Jeff Sternberg 8-5 at the second doubles spot. At third doubles, A.J. Rohde and Josh Schofield (VU) setback Jason Jacobs and Gary Drozdowski (LU) winning 8-6.

The team resumes play on Thursday, March 25 at 3:30pm when they take on the LaSalle University Explorers in Philadelphia.

Singles:

No. 1 Cameron Taylor (LU) def. Robert Waibel (VU):4-6, 7-5, 1-2 (DNF)

No. 2 Jeff Sternberg (LU) def. Stephen Smith (VU): 6-0, 6-2

No. 3 Matt Dankner (LU) def. Paul Moore (VU): 7-6, 7-6 (DNF)

No. 4 Josh Kritzler (LU) def. Michael Mock (VU): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3

No. 5 Kenny Leung (LU) def. Ramon Prats (VU): 6-3, 7-6

No. 6 Paul El-Deiry (LU) def. Josh Schofield (VU): 6-4, 6-3

Doubles:

No. 1 Taylor & Dankner (LU) def. Waibel & Moore(VU): 8-6

No. 2 Smith & Prats (VU) def. Kritzler & Sternberg (LU): 8-5

No. 3 Rohde & Smith (VU) def. Jacobs & Drozdowski (LU): 8-6