HUNTINGDON, Pa. – It could have just as easily been a 5-4 win for Juniata College – that's how close it was the Eagles' Thursday afternoon Landmark Conference men's tennis match against Susquehanna University.

However Juniata dropped all three singles matches that it stretched to a third set, and fell to the visiting Crusaders, 7-2, on the Raffensperger Tennis Courts. 

Juniata (6-11, 1-4 Landmark) came out of doubles trailing 2-1, after picking up one point at no. 3 doubles with a win by Brice Morey (Enola, Pa./East Pennsboro) and Tucker Good (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg) over Susquehanna's William Mellor and Grant Uber.

Jarrad Silver (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman) tacked on a second point with a 6-1, 6-3 win at no. 1 singles over SU's Michael Hickey.

Juniata's entries at no. 2, 4, and 6 singles all took their opponents to a decisive third set, but were unable to close the books on the win. Arnab Chakrabarti (Alpharetta, Ga./Alpharetta) dropped a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 decision at no. 2 flight, while Good was upended at no. 4 with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 loss to Matthew Quadrini.  Scott Andrews (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Altoona) battled Bruce Osborn to a 6-3, 5-7 deadlock after two sets, but dropped the third set, 6-2. 

Juniata continues Landmark Conference play this weekend, traveling to Washington, D.C., on Saturday, April 24, to face Catholic University of America.  Start time for the match is 12:00 p.m. 

MEN'S TENNIS

Susquehanna 7, Juniata 2

Singles

1. Jarrad Silver (JUN) def. Michael Hickey (SUS) 6-1, 6-3

2. Mats Haaland (SUS) def. Arnab Chakrabarti (JUN) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3

3. Richard Fitzsimmons (SUS) def. Brice Morey (JUN) 6-3, 7-5

4. Matthew Quadrini (SUS) def. Tucker Good (JUN) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1

5. Alec Green (SUS) def. Ross Imbrie (JUN) 6-3, 6-2

6. Bruce Osborn (SUS) def. Scott Andrews (JUN) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2

Doubles

1. Mats Haaland/Richard Fitzsimmons (SUS) def. Arnab Chakrabarti/Jarrad Silver (JUN) 8-6

2. Michael Hickey/Matthew Quadrini (SUS) def. Ross Imbrie/Scott Andrews (JUN) 8-5

3. Brice Morey/Tucker Good (JUN) def. William Mellor/Grant Uber (SUS) 8-1

Match Notes

Susquehanna University 8-5, 3-2 Landmark

Juniata College 6-11, 1-4 Landmark

T-3:45 A-65

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