Feb. 6, 2008

LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell men's tennis team will take to the road this weekend, opening play on Friday against Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y., at 7 p.m. On Saturday, the Bison will face Quinnipiac at 4 p.m. in Ithaca, N.Y., and on Sunday, Bucknell will play University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pa., at 10 a.m.

The Bison are 0-1 on the season after dropping their season opener, 6-1, to Duquesne this past Saturday at the West Branch Tennis Club.

Bucknell Men's Tennis Notebook

Against Duquesne, Feb. 2 -
- Bucknell moved to 0-1 on the season, following a 6-1 loss to Duquesne.
- In singles, senior Ira Reibeisen (Armonk, N.Y./Rye Country Day-Upper School) picked up a win for the Bison at the No. 1 position, defeating Alext Mast of Duquesne, 7-5, 6-1. At the No. 2 position, junior Ryan Sandburg (Orange, Calif./Canyon) fell to Michael Ortega, 4-6, 6-4, 10-6, while at No. 3, sophomore Zach Hascoe (Greenwich, Conn./Brunswick) was defeated by Zach Skorupka, 6-3, 7-5. At the No. 4 position, Jeremy McClelland topped junior Jonathan Brenner (Manhasset, N.Y./Chaminade), 6-3, 6-2, and at No. 5, Mark Maciuch went 6-0, 6-1 over freshman Mark Malloy (Bronxville, N.Y./Hackley School). To round out singles play, freshman Anton Kovic (Montreal, Quebec/Milton Academy (Mass.)) fell to Mikhael Rasner (4-6, 7-6, 11-9, 10-2).
- Hascoe and Malloy picked up a win for the Bison at No. 3 doubles against McClelland and Steve Herchko of Duquesne, 8-6. At No. 1 doubles, Brenner and Sandburg fell to Ortega and Rasner, 8-5, and at No. 2 doubles, Reibeisen and Kovic were defeated by Mast and Maciuch, 8-5.

Spring 2008 Singles Records -
- Jonathan Brenner - 0-1 (No. 4)
- Zach Hascoe - 0-1 (No. 3)
- Anton Kovic - 0-1 (No. 6)
- Mark Malloy - 0-1 (No. 5)
- Ira Reibeisen - 1-0 (No. 1)
- Ryan Sandburg - 0-1 (No. 2)

Spring 2008 Doubles Records -
- Jonathan Brenner / Ryan Sandburg - 0-1 (No. 1)
- Ira Reibeisen / Anton Kovic - 0-1 (No. 2)
- Zach Hascoe / Mark Malloy - 1-0 (No. 3)

Fall 2007 Tournament Season -
- Reibeisen, held a 10-6 overall record and an 8-5 record in Flight 1. Sandburg owned a 7-4 overall record, going 1-1 at Flight 1 and 4-3, while playing in Flight 2.
- In doubles, Brenner and Sandburg held a12-3 record on the season and a 9-3 record in Flight 1 play. Also in doubles play, Reibeisen and Kovic went 7-3 on the season, and 6-2 record in Flight 1.
- At the ITA Regionals, Oct. 19 - 21 in Princeton, N.J., Brenner and Sandburg posted an 8-5 win over Luka Djordjevic and Matt Wacks of Hofstra in the first round of doubles and then fell to fell, 8-4, to fifth-seeded Chris Lee and Basu Ratnam of Brown in the second round. In singles, Reibeisen faced J.J. Gramatica of St. Peter's in the first round for a 6-2, 6-4 win. He won by default in the second round against Nate Gorham of Brown and fell in the third round, 6-1, 6-1, to Eddie Bourchier of Penn State.

Bison Honors in 2007 -
- On Jan. 31, Bucknell men's tennis was picked third in the Patriot League Preseason Poll with 48 points. Navy led the way in first with 70 points and 10 first-place votes and Army followed in second with 64 points and four first-place votes. Rounding out the list was fourth-place Colgate (44 points), fifth-place Lehigh (31 points), sixth-place Lafayette (25 points) and seventh-place Holy Cross (12 points).
- Reibeisen now owns the all-time singles, doubles and combined victories records for Bucknell. He has 68 career singles wins, 57 career doubles wins and a combined total of 125 wins. Sandburg ties Reibeisen for the career doubles wins record with 57.
- On Nov. 14, Reibeisen was named Patriot League Player of the Month and on Oct. 3, he received an honorable mention for Player of the Month.

Looking Ahead -
- Following this weekend's matches on the road, the Bison will return home to face Saint Francis (Pa.) on Feb. 23.