BETHLEHEM, Pa.- The Villanova University men's tennis team competed at the Lehigh invitational this past weekend to begin their fall season.

Junior Ethan Carr and freshman Ethan Solop both had excellent weekends for the 'Cats, not dropping a single match over the weekend. In round three of singles, Villanova put together a dominant performance defeating Lafayette 7-2. Before that in round two Villanova and Lehigh tied at six with Cooper Gordon, Justin Frattarelli, Ethan Carr, Ethan Solop, Cameron Kruep, and Ryan Benoit all picked up victories for the Wildcats.

In doubles play, Villanova secured a 3-1 win over Lafayette in the first round. In the third round of doubles. The 'Cats picked up another victory, winning 4-2. Thomas Wakefield and Kush Anand secured a comfortable 6-3 win, Quincy Jones and Jack Sherner cruised to a 6-2 win. The duos of Ethan Solop and Cameron Kruep, Ryan Benoit and Evan Ancu both grabbed 6-3 wins.

Results:
Lehigh Invitational (Singles)
Cameron Kruep (Villanova) def Henry Stoller (Lehigh) 6-1 3-6 [10-3]
Cameron Kruep (Villanova) def John Dickens (Lafayette College) 7-6(4) 5-7 [10-4]
Matteus Froberg Dahlin (Rider) def Cooper Gordon (Villanova) 6-3 6-4
Cooper Gordon (Villanova) def Sean Jaeger (Lehigh) 6-4 6-4
Ethan Carr (Villanova) def Roger Pelaez Martinez (Rider) 6-4 6-3
Ethan Carr (Villanova) def Aleksander Dasklovic (Lehigh) 6-3 4-6 [10-3]
Ethan Carr (Villanova) def Jake Magnusson (Lafayette College) 6-1 6-0
Ethan Solop (Villanova) def Christopher Polish (Rider) 6-2 6-1
Ethan Solop (Villanova) def Jackson Morash (Lehigh) 6-7(4) 6-3 [10-8]
Ethan Solop (Villanova) def Nicolas Mckenzie (Lafayette College) 6-3 6-2
Evan Ancu (Villanova) def Matthew Miller (Rider) 6-4 6-4
Victor Kenzo Imanishi (Lehigh) def Evan Ancu (Villanova) 4-6 6-3 [14-12]
Evan Ancu (Villanova) def Aidan Mahaffey (Lafayette College) 6-3 6-3
Ibragim Turgambekov (Rider) def Jack Sherner (Villanova) 6-4 1-6 [10-5]
Thomas Raney (Lehigh) def Jack Sherner (Villanova) 6-3 7-6 (3)
Cole Thurgur (Rider) def Quincy Jones (Villanova) 7-6(5) 6-3
Alex Van Lumich (Lehigh) def Quincy Jones (Villanova) 6-3 6-3
Nathan Slattery (Rider) def Justin Frattarelli (Villanova) 6-0 6-2
Justin Frattarelli (Villanova) def Benedict Horn-Bourque (Lehigh) 7-5 6-3
Darrin Lerner (Lafayette College) def Justin Frattarelli (Villanova) 6-3 0-6 [11-9]
Matthew Griscti (Rider) def Kush Anand (Villanova) 7-6(4) 4-6 [10-7]
Wyteh Anzilotti (Lehigh) def Kush Anand (Villanova) 6-4 3-6 [10-6]
Kush Anand (Villanova) def Niko Martirossian (Lafayette College) 6-4 6-1
Ryan Benoit (Villanova) def Shiv Sastry (Lehigh) 6-3 6-3
Ryan Benoit (Villanova) def John Owen Studdiford (Lafayette College) 6-1 6-4
Thomas Wakefield (Villanova) def Axel Engstrom (Rider) 6-4 7-6(5)
Ofer Hacohen (Lehigh) def Thomas Wakefield (Villanova) 3-6 6-2 [10-2]
Thomas Wakefield (Villanova) def Sam Gelber (Lafayette College) 6-1 6-2
Heath Waters Jr (Rider) def William Monahan (Villanova) 6-3 6-3
Kosei Ogata (Lehigh) def William Monahan (Villanova) 6-3 6-2
Ricardo Espaillat (Lafayette College) def William Monahan (Villanova) 7-6(4) 7-5
Lehigh Invitational (Doubles)
Darrin Lerner/John Dickens (Lafayette College) def Ethan Solop/Cameron Kruep (Villanova) 7-5
Ethan Solop/Cameron Kruep (Villanova) def Jackson Morash/Victor Kenzo Imanishi (Lehigh) 6-3
Cooper Gordon/Ethan Carr (Villanova) def Nicolas Mckenzie/Ricardo Espaillat (Lafayette
College) 6-3
Cooper Gordon/Ethan Carr (Villanova) def Cole Thurgur/Roger Pelaez Martinez (Rider) 6-4
Kosei Ogata/Henry Stoller (Lehigh) def Cooper Gordon/Ethan Carr (Villanova) 6-1
Evan Ancu/Ryan Benoit (Villanova) def Benedict Horn Bourque/Shiv Sastry (Lehigh) 6-3
Jack Sherner/Quincy Jones (Villanova) def John Owen Studdiford/Aidan Mahaffey (Lafayette
College) 6-2
Matthew Griscti/Ibragim Turgambekov (Rider) def Jack Sherner/Quincy Jones (Villanova) 7-5
Jack Sherner/Quincy Jones (Villanova) def Ofer Hacohen/Thomas Raney (Villanova) 6-2
Matteus Froberg Dahlin/Nathan Slattery (Rider) def Justin Frattarelli/William Monahan
(Villanova) 6-3
Sean Jaeger/Alex Van Lumich (Lehigh) def Justin Frattarelli/William Monahan (Villanova) 6-2
Thomas Wakefield/Kush Anand (Villanova) def Sam Gelber/Jake Magnusson (Lafayette
College) 6-3
Axel Engstrom/Heath Waters Jr (Rider) def Thomas Wakefield/Kush Anand (Villanova) 6-0
Thomas Wakefield/Kush Anand (Villanova) def Wyeth Anzilotti/Aleksander Daskalovic
(Lehigh) 6-3

Up Next: Men's tennis will compete in the Saint Joseph's Invitational starting October 3^rd.