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Men's Tennis
2009 NCAA Division II Championships
Altamonte Springs, Fla. | May 13-16, 2009
NCAA Division II Championships: Round of 16
Lynn University vs. Kutztown University
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Rollins College | Altamonte Springs, Fla.
ALTAMONTE
SPRINGS,
Fla.
— The Kutztown University men’s tennis team fell 5-0 to Lynn
University at the NCAA Division II Championships on Wednesday
at Rollins College in Altamonte Springs, Fla.
The Fighting Knights (19-3) are
ranked No. 2 nationally and were too much for the Golden Bears to
handle.
Lynn started off the day with a
sweep of the doubles matches. The No. 2 doubles team of
Lukas Labitsch (sr. Bruck an der Mur, AUSTRIA)
and
Arpit Sharma (jr. Kolkata, INDIA) lost for the first time
this season, in an 8-4 defeat by Tomas Racak and Luca
Pavanelli.
Santiago Baquerizo (sr. Guayaquil, ECUADOR) was mounting
a comeback when the fifth win was clinched by Lynn. After dropping
the first set 6-3, Baquerizo was ahead 3-0 in the No. 2 singles
match.
At No. 3 singles,
Labitsch was keeping up with Alessandro Sarra in the second
set, but the two
were unable to finish their match. Sarra won the first set 6-2, but
Labitsch was trailing only 3-2 when the contest was called.
The Golden Bears
finished off the season with a 15-5 overall record and winner of the
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.
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