BETHLEHEM, PA – The Monmouth University men's tennis team opened its 2024 spring schedule with a 5-2 defeat of Lehigh on Wednesday night at Lewis Indoor Tennis Center.

Monmouth improved to 4-0 in head-to-head matches after securing the doubles point and winning four of the six singles matches. 
 
MATCH RESULTS  
Monmouth (4-0) vs Lehigh (1-2)
02/07/2024 at Bethlehem, PA
 
Match Score: Monmouth 5, Lehigh 2
DOUBLES 
1. Mateo Bivol and Alex Martinez Sanz (MON) def. Marc Blekhman and Matt Kleiman (LEH) 6-4
2. Aristotelis Bezianis and Jackson Morash (LEH) def. Gabriel Busato and Diego Laporta (MON) 6-4
3. Gabriel Berner and Adam Hillerby (MON) def. Sean Jaeger and Jordan Paul (LEH) 6-4

SINGLES
1. Mateo Bivol (MON) def. Matt Kleiman (LEH) 6-0, 6-3
2. Adam Hillerby (MON) def. Marc Blekhman (LEH) 6-3, 6-1
3. Gabriel Berner (MON) def. Jordan Paul (LEH) 6-2, 6-1
4. Aristotelis Bezianis (LEH) def. Alex Martinez Sanz (MON) 3-6, 7-5, 10-4
5. Sean Jaeger (LEH) def. Francisco Erramuspe (MON) by retirement 7-6 (8-6), 4-1
6. Diego Laporta (MON) def. Jackson Morash (LEH) 6-4, 6-3

MATCH NOTES
Order of finish:
Singles -- 1 3 2 6 5 4 ; Doubles -- 1 2 3

UP NEXT
Monmouth is back on the road next week when it travels to West Point, N.Y. for a matchup with Army on February 13 at 5 p.m.