Men's Tennis Completes Home Slate with Wins over Siena, Sacred Heart

Sunday, January 27

Boston, MA

9:30 AM

Boston University

Siena

Max Stehling swings a forehand with the racquet

Men's Tennis Completes Home Slate with Wins over Siena, Sacred Heart

January 27, 2019 | Men's Tennis

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Siena Results (W, 7-0)SHU Results (W, 6-1)

BOSTON – Competing in its only two home matches of the season, the Boston University men's tennis cruised to victory over both Siena and Sacred Heart on Sunday at the Track & Tennis Center.

The Terriers (2-2) opened with a 7-0 sweep against Siena (2-2) in the morning and followed the women's tennis team's 6-1 win over Providence with an identical 6-1 victory against the Pioneers (0-2).

SIENA MATCH

BU won the first two doubles matches against the Saints to claim the first point.
Sophomore Owen Lu and freshman Max Hartenstein cruised to a 6-1 win at No. 1 doubles, while freshman Max Stehling and sophomore Pete Siozios earned a 6-2 victory in the No. 3 slot.
Stehling dropped the fewest games in his 6-1, 6-1 dominating win at line 3 singles.
Hartenstein only lost three games at the No. 4 slot, while the Saints managed to win just four against Lu in the top singles match.
Sophomore David Bogatin won a hard-fought first-set tiebreaker, 10-8, and then rolled to a 6-1 second-set win.
With the team result already decided, juniors Marc Sable and J.P. Avila won their shortened singles matches by a combined score of 16-5 to complete the sweep.

SACRED HEART MATCH

Stehling and Siozios won at No. 3 doubles a second time on the day, 6-2, and Bogatin teamed with Avila for a 6-1 victory in the No. 2 slot to give BU an early 1-0 lead.
Siozios dropped the fewest games against the Pioneers with a quick 6-0, 6-2 win at line 5 with Stehling rolling to a 6-1, 6-2 win at line 3.
Lu (#1), Bogatin (#2) and Hartenstein (#4) all won in straight sets to add three more points to the Terriers' total.
SHU avoided the sweep by rallying for a 4-6, 6-3, 10-7 victory against Sable at line 6.

NEXT UP: BOSTON COLLEGE

The Terriers will visit the Eagles on Friday (Feb. 1) at 4 p.m.
BC won last year's matchup, 6-1, with Siozios the lone Terrier to claim a singles point.