April 12, 2006

Lewisburg, Pa. - Junior John Borden (Philadelphia, Pa.) and freshman Sumanth Chittajallu (Columbus, Ohio) each won their singles matches as Villanova (7-12) fell 2-5 to Bucknell (5-10) yesterday afternoon.

Borden defeated Matt Pikus in three sets at no. 4 singles. He rebounded after losing the first 2-6 to take the second and third 6-2, 6-4. Chittajallu's match went into a tie-break at no. 6 singles. The freshman also rallied from a first-set loss (3-6) to take the second 7-5, and Chittajallu won the tie-breaker 10-8.

Sophomore Scott Fahrendorf (Reno, Nev.) nearly earned another point for 'Nova. He played at no. 3 singles against Dan Bednarek and lost the first set 1-6 but came back to win the second 6-3. However, Bucknell's John Lashnits took the last set 6-4 for the win.

Villanova takes on St. Joseph's today at 2:30 p.m. and finishes the regular season tomorrow at UMBC at 2:00 p.m.

RESULTS

Singles:

1. Reibeisen (B) def. Chimerakis (V) 6-2, 6-1

2. Salam (B) def. Maher (V) 6-0, 6-3

3. Lashnits (B) def. Fahrendorf (V) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4

4. Borden (V) def. Pikus (B) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4

5. Sandburg (B) def. Farmer (V) 6-3, 6-0

6. Chittajallu (V) def. Bednarek (B) 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-8)

Doubles:

1. Reibeisen/Salam (B) def. Chimerakis/Borden (V) 8-2

2. Lashnits/Sandburg (B) def. Fahrendorf/Farmer (V) 8-5

3. Bednarek/Brenner (B) def. Maher/Chittajallu (V) 8-3