Lewisburg, Pa. (March 18, 2015) – The Mount St. Mary's men's tennis team was handed a 6-1 road loss at Bucknell on Wednesday. Sophomore Mateo DeSomocurcio (Lima, Peru) picked up the Mount's point with his No. 2 singles victory.

Bucknell (6-6) won two of the doubles matches to take the point. The Mount (6-4) won the No. 3 doubles match with Louis Tonon (Charlotte, N.C.) and Darren Mast (Lancaster, Pa.) earning an 8-7 (7-2) victory.

In singles, DeSomocurcio played his way to a 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 win over Bryan Adams. Bucknell picked up straight-set victories in No. 1, 3, 4 and 5 singles. At No. 6, Peter Salomon (Haymarket, Va.) forced a third set tiebreaker before falling to William Szamosszegi.

The Mount will return to action with home matches versus UMES on Saturday and Delaware on Sunday.

DOUBLES
1. Nick Bybel/Bryan Adams (BU) def. Adam Salam/Mateo DeSomocurcio (MSM), 8-2
2. Daniel Wright/Octavio Canibe (BU) def. Austin Blake/Brandon Wortkotter (MSM), 8-4
3. Louis Tonon/Darren Mast (MSM) def. Maxwell Kane/Ben Gerber (BU), 8-7 (7-2)

SINGLES
1. Nick Bybel (BU) def. Austin Blake (MSM), 6-0, 6-4
2. Mateo DeSomocurcio (MSM) def. Bryan Adams (BU), 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
3. Daniel Wright (BU) def. Adam Salam (MSM), 6-1, 6-3
4. Octavio Canibe (BU) def. Darren Mast (MSM), 6-4, 6-1
5. Maxwell Kane (BU) def. Louis Tonon (MSM), 6-3, 6-4
6. William Szamosszegi (BU) def. Peter Salomon (MSM), 6-4, 1-6, 10-5