VERONA, N.Y. (4/2/11) – The Colgate men's tennis team won three of the six singles matches, but dropped the doubles point as the Raiders were edged by a 4-3 margin to Bucknell.

The Bison swept all three doubles matches to earn the important point. The most intense match came at No. 2 as Luke Gensburg and Sean Spellberg pushed their match to the final point, but Gregg Cohenca and Mark Malloy earned the 8-7 win.

Bucknell jumped out to a 2-0 lead with the first win in singles after Josh Katten defeated captain Ruslan Goussiatnikov in the fourth position in straight sets. Gensburg improved to 10-6 this season at the top spot, winning in two sets to bring the Raiders to within one at 2-1.

The Bison increased its lead to 3-1 after winning at the third spot, but captain Phil Bernasek kept Colgate in the match with a win a No. 5 with a 7-6, 6-3 win. Bobby Berkowitz made it two straight wins after a three-set match that saw it decided on two tie breakers. The Raiders tied the match at 3-3 with the sixth match still to be determined. In the final match, Kyle Rosen earned the Bison the win with a straight set victory over Connor Feuille.

Colgate (5-10, 0-3 PL) is back in action on Sunday afternoon as the Raiders take on Lafayette at Turning Stone Resort.

Bucknell 4, Colgate 3
Doubles
1. Anton Kovic/Evan Zimmer (B) def. Phil Bernasek/Ruslan Goussiatnikov (C), 8-1
2. Gregg Cohenca/Mark Malloy (B) def. Luke Gensberg/Sean Spellberg (C), 8-7
3. Josh Katten/Kelly Morque (B) def. John Beam/Connor Feuille (C), 8-4
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
Singles
1. Luke Gensburg (C) def. Gregg Cohenca (B), 7-5, 6-4
2. Bobby Berkowitz (C) def. Anton Kovic (B), 7-6, 6-7, 7-6
3. Evan Zimmer (B) def. Alec Goldstein (C), 6-3, 6-4
4. Josh Katten (B) def. Ruslan Goussiatnikov (C), 6-4, 6-4
5. Phil Bernasek (C) def. Mark Malloy (B), 7-6, 6-3
6. Kyle Rosen (B) def. Connor Feuille (C), 6-4, 7-5
Order of Finish: 4, 1, 3, 5, 2, 6