The Lancaster Bible College men's tennis team earned an 8-1 win over the Lycoming Warriors on Wednesday to give them their third straight win. The Chargers improve to 9-2 overall while the Warriors fall to 2-4 overall.
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How It Happened: The Chargers opened up with two solid singles wins in the No. 1 and No. 2 spots as senior
Devon Clemmer won 6-1, 6-3 and sophomore
Josh Jarvis won 6-0, 6-3.
Micah Weaver fell in a close set with his #3 opponent, but teammates
Malachi Bomgardner,
AJ Kwiatkowski, and
Caleb Cavaiani bounced back with three wins of their own. Cavaiani's match turned out to be a thriller as he found himself down early after losing the first set, but bounced back to win the final two sets and give the Chargers a 5-1 lead going into doubles.
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On the doubles side of the match, Clemmer and Jarvis started the evening off with an 8-1 win. The combination of Weaver and Kwiatkowski earned an 8-2 win, and then Bomgardner and Cavaiani finished with a 8-3 win, the final of the night.
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Singles competitionÂ
1. Devon Clemmer (LBC) def. Nathan Redell (LYCOM) 6-1, 6-3
2. Josh Jarvis (LBC) def. Luke Leach (LYCOM) 6-0, 6-3
3. Jason Anderson (LYCOM) def. Micah Weaver (LBC) 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
4. Malachi Bomgardner (LBC) def. Connor Albaugh (LYCOM) 6-0, 6-2
5. AJ Kwiatkowski (LBC) def. Domanick Young (LYCOM) 6-0, 6-1
6. Caleb Cavaiani (LBC) def. Josh Neidert (LYCOM) 4-6, 6-1, 10-4
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Doubles competitionÂ
1. Devon Clemmer/Josh Jarvis (LBC) def. Nathan Redell/Luke Leach (LYCOM) 8-1
2. Micah Weaver/AJ Kwiatkowski (LBC) def. Jason Anderson/Mohamed Ebeid (LYCOM) 8-2
3. Malachi Bomgardner/Caleb Cavaiani (LBC) def. Matthew Baldridge/Connor Albaugh (LYCOM) 8-3
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Up Next: The Chargers open up United East play as they host St. Mary's (Md.) on Saturday, April 1 at 1:00 p.m.
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