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BRONX, NY -  The Hunter College men's tennis team made the first move in defense of its CUNYAC Championship, defeating the Lehman Lightning, 5-0 in the opening round of the 2012 CUNYAC/Hospital for Special Surgery Championship on Wednesday Afternoon.

Hunter improves to 8-6 while Lehman falls to 4-10, as its season comes to a close. The Hawks will play #2 John Jay on Sunday, April 29th at 3pm.

The Hawks got off to a quick start with three wins in doubles. Luis Quintero and Irving Salazar topped Michael Tar and Cesar Andrade, 8-3. Damen Ellingson and Robert Frischling-Sosman were next on tap, defeating Ben Cirilo and Marcos Coto-Batres, 8-4. Finally, Arthur Kapetanakis and Binh Luu soundly handled Andres Restrepo and Leonardo de Oliveria, 8-0.

The Hawks needed just two more victories at singles to clinch the win and got those from Quintero who defeated Tal, 6-1 and 6-0. Finally, Salazar beat Restrepo, 6-0 and 6-2 to send the Hawks back to the semifinals.

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