Feb. 28, 2008

LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell men's tennis team will take to the road this weekend, facing Brown on Friday evening and Boston University on Saturday afternoon. Friday's match is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., while Saturday's match will take place at 3 p.m. Both matches will be played in Providence, R.I.

The Bison moved to 2-2 on the season this past weekend, picking up a home win over Saint Francis (Pa.). The Orange and Blue will take on a 4-4 Brown squad and a 2-3 Boston squad, this weekend.

Bucknell Men's Tennis Notebook

Against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Feb. 23 -
- Bucknell defeated Saint Francis (Pa.), 6-1, in a home match and moved to 2-2 on the season.
- The Orange and Blue swept all three doubles matches. Senior Ira Reibeisen (Armonk, N.Y./Rye Country Day-Upper School) and junior Ryan Sandburg (Orange, Calif./Canyon) defeated the Red Flash's Jeffrey Seevers and Stephen Kowalski at the No. 1 position, 8-4. At the No. 2 position, junior Jonathan Brenner (Manhasset, N.Y./Chaminade) and freshman Anton Kovic (Montreal, Quebec/Milton Academy (Mass.)) went 8-2 over Andrei Sandu and Jordan Kowalski, while freshman Mark Malloy (Bronxville, N.Y./Hackley School) and senior Ben Young (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) topped David Kirby and John Anguioni, 8-1, at the No. 3 spot.
- Saint Francis (Pa.) picked up its lone win of the day at No. 1 singles with Sandu defeating Sandburg, 6-2, 3-6 and 8-10 in the tie breaker. Sophomore Zach Hascoe (Greenwich, Conn./Brunswick) notched a 6-0, 6-2 win over Ajay Nune at No. 2 singles, while Brenner went 6-2, 6-0 over Stephen Kowalski at No. 3. Kovic went on to beat Seevers, 6-1, 6-2 at No. 4 and Malloy went 6-0, 6-0 over Jordan Kowalski at No. 5. Rounding out singles play, Young was victorious over Kyle Primeau, 6-0, 6-0, at the No. 6 position.

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

Spring 2008 Doubles Records -
- Jonathan Brenner / Ryan Sandburg - 0-2 (No. 1)
- Ryan Sandburg / Ira Reibeisen - 2-1 (No. 1)
- Ira Reibeisen / Anton Kovic - 0-2 (No. 2)
- Jonathan Brenner / Anton Kovic - 2-1 (No. 2)
- Zach Hascoe / Mark Malloy - 1-0 (No. 3)
- Ben Young / Mark Malloy - 3-1 (No. 3)
- 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 a 12-3 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 70 career singles wins, 59 career doubles wins and a combined total of 129 wins. Sandburg ties Reibeisen for the career doubles wins record with 59.
- 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 -
- Up next, Bucknell will host Fairleigh Dickinson at home on March 18 at 3 p.m.