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APRIL 3, 2005
BOB ZIADIETWO SINGLES PLAYERS, TWO DOUBLES TEAM ALIVE FOR MONARCHS AT MAC TOURNEY
BETHLEHEM -- After the first day of the Middle Atlantic Conference Men's Tennis Championships, King's College had two singles players and two doubles teams still alive championship gold.
In singles, freshman Mike Portonova, the top seed in the number-one flight, received a first-round bye before posting an 8-1 decision over Jon Stanley of Messiah.
In the number-five singles flight, senior Eric Mazza remained alive after an 8-4 win over Juniata's Tom Nelson.
Monarch rookie Nick Hojsack dropped an opening round 8-5 verdict in the number-two singles flight to Scranton's Chris Yi.
In the number-three singles flight, sophomore Matt Dunne posted an 8-5 victory over Anthony May of DeSales, before falling 8-2 to Wilkes' Arvin Narula.Junior Brett Shipe would register an 8-5 win over Moravian's Sean Lynch in the number-four singles flight, but was then eliminated by fourth-seeded Jon Wentling of Messiah.
At number-sixth singles, King's freshman David Boe dropped an opening round 8-4 decision to Sean Weir of Lebanon Valley.
In doubles, the top-seeded team of Portonova and Hojsack received a bye into the first round of the number-one flight.
Shipe and Boe fell 8-5 to Scranton's Mike Clark and Dan Kiers in the number-two flight.
In the third flight, Dunne and Mazza moved to the second round with an 8-5 victory over John Henry and Philip Rhodes of Lebanon Valley
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