Spiders Drop Heartbreaker to Georgetown

Friday, April 1

Richmond, Va.

10:30 a.m.

University of Richmond

Georgetown

04/01/2022 | Men's Tennis

RICHMOND, Va. – The Richmond Spiders dropped a tough match to Georgetown, 4-3, Friday afternoon at the Westhampton Tennis Courts. The Spiders drop to 8-8 on the season while the Hoyas improve to 7-10.

The Spiders got out to an early lead as they swept doubles competition. John Walsh and Campbell Erwin clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win on court two. With the win, the pair improves to 11-3 as a duo this season, and has not been beaten since Feb. 18.

Walsh won his singles match on court two to give Richmond a 2-0 advantage in the match, and after the Hoyas evened things up with singles wins on courts six and four, Josh Keitelman fought for a 6-1, 7-6 win on court five to retake the lead in the match 3-2.

With the match knotted at 3-3, Daniel Kliebhan battled out a three-set thriller on court one, eventually falling 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

The Spiders return to action at home Sunday, April 3 to host George Mason at noon.

Georgetown 4, Richmond 3

Singles competition
1. Kieran Foster (GU) def. Daniel Kliebhan (UR) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
2. John Walsh (UR) def. Jake Fellows (GU) 6-4, 6-1
3. Scott Bickel (GU) def. Campbell Erwin (UR) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
4. Akira Morgenstern (GU) def. Alex Wernink (UR) 6-3, 6-3
5. Josh Keitelman (UR) def. Derek Raskopf (GU) 6-1, 7-6 (9)
6. Harry Yang (GU) def. Ricky Bell (UR) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Josh Keitelman/Daniel Kliebhan (UR) def. Kieran Foster/Jake Fellows (GU) 6-3
2. Campbell Erwin/John Walsh (UR) def. Andrew Rozanov/Akira Morgenstern (GU) 6-4
3. Ricky Bell/Alaister Burke (UR) def. Scott Bickel/Derek Raskopf (GU) 6-3

Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (2,6,4,5,3,1)

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