WEST POINT, N.Y. – Senior Victor Blanco scored a win at No. 1 singles against Army and fellow senior Hector Martinez followed him by winning his match at. No. 1 against Fairfield. The Bonnies would fall, however, 6-1 to Army and 5-2 to Fairfield on Sunday.
Blanco defeated Greg Shannon in straight sets at No. 1 singles, 6-3, 6-3.
The Bonnies duo of Indra Patwardhan and Mitchell McGuirt grabbed a 7-5 win at No. 3 doubles over David Mitchell and Grant Patterson.
Lukas Linden Malmberg took his match at No. 4 singles to a third set, but ultimately fell to Mike Sienko 4-6, 6-2, 10-7.
In the Bonnies' second match of the day, Blanco and Malmberg took down the Fairfield pair of Anthony Caputo and Tyler Shibles, 7-5, at No. 1 doubles.
Hector Martinez and Malmberg each picked up singles victories for the Bonnies. At No. 1, Martinez defeated Shibles in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3. Malmberg also won in consecutive sets, 6-3, 7-6, over Caputo.
St. Bonaventure returns to the court Friday at Cornell. The match is set to begin at 5:00 p.m.
Army 6, St. Bonaventure 1
Doubles
No. 1 – Greg Shannon/Morgan Hale (ARMY) def. Victor Blanco/Lukas Linden Malmberg (SBU) 7-6
No. 2 – Myles Conlin/Dylan Simonsen (ARMY) def. Hector Martinez/Darrel Harxhi (SBU) 6-2
No. 3 – Indra Partwardhan/Mitchell McGuirt (SBU) def. David Mitchell/Grant Patterson (ARMY) 7-5
Singles
No. 1 – Blanco (SBU) def. Shannon (ARMY) 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 – Conlin (ARMY) def. Martinez (SBU) 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 – Mitchell (ARMY) def. Ante Zovko (SBU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 – Mike Sienko (ARMY) def. Malmberg (SBU) 4-6, 6-2, 10-7
No. 5 – Simonsen (ARMY) def. John Rutkowski (SBU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 – Anant Mundra (ARMY) def. Darrel Harxhi (SBU) 6-0, 6-2
Fairfield 5, St. Bonaventure 2
Doubles
No. 1 – Blanco/Malmberg (SBU) def. Anthony Caputo/Tyler Shibles (FAIR) 7-5
No. 2 – Jeffery Rodgers/Lewis Edwards (FAIR) def. Martinez/Zovko (SBU) 6-2
No. 3 – Allan Magid/William Townsend Font (FAIR) def. McGuirt/Patwardhan (SBU) 6-3
Singles
No. 1 – Martinez (SBU) def. Shibles (FAIR) 7-5, 6-3
No. 2 – Edwards (FAIR) def. Patwardhan (SBU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 – Rodgers (FAIR) def. Zovko (SBU) 6-3, 7-6
No. 4 – Malmberg (SBU) def. Caputo (FAIR) 6-4, 7-6
No. 5 – Dylan Appel (FAIR) def. Rutkowski (SBU) 4-6, 6-3, 10-5
No. 6 – John Hatala (FAIR) def. McGuirt (SBU) 6-3, 6-4
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