For Immediate Release: September 10, 2006
Contact: John Hartrick (hartrick@binghamton.edu)
Phone: 607-777-6800

BU men's tennis shines at season-opening Bloomsburg Invitational
Bearcats win 14 of 16 singles matches against Bucknell, Villanova and host Huskies

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. - Binghamton men's tennis opened its 2006-07 campaign with a strong showing at the non-scoring Bloomsburg Invitational, Saturday and Sunday. The Bearcats, who made the trip with five newcomers for first year head coach Adam Cohen, went 14-2 in singles play and 6-3 in doubles matches.

"It was a productive weekend," Cohen said. "Faisal (Mohamed) and Pierre (Clavel) were unbeaten in singles and doubles play (6-0) and our other two freshmen, Moshe (Levy) and Justin (Salkin) went 5-1 overall. Our guys played hard. We've got some work to do in doubles to be ready for next weekend."

Binghamton next competes in the Cornell Invitational beginning Friday.

Binghamton vs. Villanova

DOUBLES
Mohamed/Clavel (BU) def. Chimerakis/Daly (V), 8-3
Levy/Salkin (BU) def. Fahrendorf/Farmer (V), 9-7
Lesser/Krawczyk (V) def. Kohtake/Danish Ali (BU), 9-8 (7)

SINGLES
Faisal Mohamed (BU) def. Dimitri Chimerakis (V), 6-0, 6-1
Moshe Levy (BU) def. Scott Fahrendorf (V), 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (11-9)
Pierre Clavel (BU) def. Brian Maher (V), 6-0, 6-1
Justin Salkin (BU) def. Sean Daly (V), 2-6, 7-6 (2), 1-0 (10-3)
Reina Kohtake (BU) def. Brett Tobin (V), 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-6)

Binghamton vs. Bloomsburg

DOUBLES
Mohamed/Clavel (BU) def. Gal/Chow (Bloom), 8-2
Levy/Kohtake (BU) def. Peters/Phillips (Bloom), 8-2
Salkin/Danish Ali (BU) def. Whitley/Biddle (Bloom), 8-5

SINGLES
Faisal Mohamed (BU) def. Dan Gal (Bloom), 3-2, inj. def.
Moshe Levy (BU) def. Ryan Chow (Bloom), 6-2, 6-2
Pierre Clavel (BU) def. Dan Phillips (Bloom), 6-1, 6-2
Justin Salkin (BU) def. Will Biddle (Bloom), 6-2, 6-0
Reina Kohtake (BU) de. Jeff Whitley (Bloom), 6-2, 6-1

Binghamton vs. Bucknell

DOUBLES
Mohamed/Clavel (BU) def. Reibeisen/Young (Buck), 8-5
Sandberg/Brenner (Buck) def. Levy/Kohtake (BU), 8-4
Bednarek/Hascoe (Buck) def. Salkin/Ali (BU), 8-5

SINGLES
Faisal Mohamed (BU) def. Ira Reibeisen (Buck), 6-2, 6-7 (4), 1-0 (14-12)
Moshe Levy (BU) def. Ryan Sandberg (Buck), 6-3, 6-3
Pierre Clavel (BU) def. Jon Brenner (Buck), 6-1, 6-0
Justin Salkin (BU) def. Zach Hascoe (Buck), 6-7 (5), 6-3, 1-0 (10-6)
Dan Bednarek (Buck) def. Reina Kohtake (BU), 6-1, 6-2
Ben Young (Buck) def. Danish Ali (BU), 6-3, 6-3