BETHPAGE, N.Y. - Binghamton men's tennis (1-9) split the six singles matches with host LIU but the Sharks (3-2) took the doubles point on a tiebreaker at the top spot and that was the difference in a 4-3 Bearcats loss Saturday afternoon at SPORTIME Bethpage Tennis.Â
Graduate student
Anshumat Srivastava and sophomore
Courage Crawford were double-winners for the Bearcats. The pair teamed for a 7-5 win at No. 2 doubles before each winning his singles match. Srivastava dropped his first set before rallying for a three-set win at No. 4 singles. Crawford was a straight-set winner at No. 6.Â
The Bearcats stay in the Metro region to face NJIT Sunday in Newark.  Â
LIU 4, Binghamton 3
DOUBLES
- BRANDHERM, Ben / ISHCHANKA, Danila (LIU) def. Weekes/Roe Flannelly (BU), 7-6 (10)
- Srivastata/Crawford (BU) def. DE MEDEIROS, Guillerme / INDRABALAN, Akhilendran (LIU), 7-5
- HILBLE, Phillip / FERNANDEZ, Sergio (LIU) def. Verma/Ben-Ari (BU) 6-2
Order of Finish: 3,2,1
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SINGLES
- BRANDHERM, Ben (LIU) def. Shourya Verma (BU) 2-0, ret.
- Kyle Weekes (BU) def. ISHCHANKA, Danila (LIU), 6-1, 6-3
- FERNANDEZ, Sergio (LIU) def. Joshua Roe Flannelly (BU), 6-0, 6-4
- Anshumat Srivastava (BU) def. INDRABALAN, Akhilendran (LIU), 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (8)
- DANNA, Alessandro (LIU) def. Adi Ben-Ari (BU), 7-5, 6-0
- Courage Crawford (BU) def. HILBLE, Phillip (LIU), 7-5, 6-3
Order of Finish: 1,2,3,6,5,4
