March 17, 2008

LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell men's tennis team is set for a two-match week, hosting Fairleigh Dickinson on Tuesday afternoon and traveling to Villanova on Wednesday afternoon. Currently, the Bison hold a season record of 6-3 and have won their past four matches, against Boston University, Robert Morris, Southern Indiana and Winston-Salem State. Most recently, the Orange and Blue played in Hilton Head, S.C., going 3-0 for their spring break trip. Bucknell will face Fairleigh Dickinson (3-4) on Tuesday at 3 p.m., and will take on Villanova (0-8) on Wednesday at 1 p.m.

Bucknell Men's Tennis Notebook

At Hilton Head, S.C. Spring Break Trip -
- Bucknell improved to 6-3 on the season, going 3-0 on the week. The Bison picked up a 6-1 win over Robert Morris on March 10, a 7-0 win over Southern Indiana on March 12, and a 7-0 win over Winston-Salem State on March 14.
- Junior Ryan Sandburg (Orange, Calif., Canyon) reached a career milestone, picking up his 100th combined victory against Robert Morris. He now owns 105 career combined victories going into this week's matches.

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

Spring 2008 Doubles Records -
- Ryan Sandburg / Ira Reibeisen - 6-2 (No. 1)
- Jonathan Brenner / Anton Kovic - 6-2 (No. 2)
- Ben Young / Mark Malloy - 6-2 (No. 3)
- Jonathan Brenner / Ryan Sandburg - 0-2 (No. 1)
- Ira Reibeisen / Anton Kovic - 0-2 (No. 2)
- Zach Hascoe / Mark Malloy - 1-0 (No. 3)
- Daniel Bednarek / Jamie Watson - 1-0 (No. 3)

Current Bison in Bucknell's Record Books -
- All-Time Top-10: Combined Victories
- Ira Reibeisen - 135 (No. 1)
- Ryan Sandburg - 105 (No. 3)
- Jonathan Brenner - 89 (No. 7)
- Ben Young - 81 (No. 10)
- All-Time Top-10: Singles Victories
- Ira Reibeisen - 72 (No. 1)
- Ryan Sandburg - 41 (No. 10)
- All-Time Top-10 Doubles Victories
- Ira Reibeisen - 63 (Tied No. 1)
- Ryan Sandburg - 63 (Tied No. 1)
- Jonathan Brenner - 54 (No. 4)
- Ben Young - 41 (Tied No. 10)

Fall 2007 Tournament Season -
- Senior Ira Reibeisen (Armonk, N.Y./Rye Country Day-Upper School), 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).
- 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 travel to Emmitsburg, Md. to take on Mount St. Mary's on March 25 at 3 p.m.