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Brown University
Penn
#62 Men's Tennis Cruises Past #67 Penn, 5-2
4/5/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The #62 Brown men's tennis team scored its first Ivy League win of the season, a 5-2 decision over #67 Penn on Sunday at the Brown Varsity Tennis Courts.
In their first home match of the season played outdoors, the Bears got off and running as the top pairs of #78 Brandon Yeoh/Justin To and Peter Tarwid/Gregory Garcia claimed the double point for the second consecutive day.
To and Garcia each cruised through their matches in straight sets, as Garcia gave the Bears a 3-2 lead with a win in the No. 2 slot. Freshman Aaron Sandberg clinched the Brown win with a 6-4, 7-5 over Ismael Lahlou. Tarwid tacked on Brown's fifth win of the afternoon with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 decision over Nicholai Westergaard.
Brown will travel to #55 Cornell and #28 Columbia on April 11-12, respectively, to battle the Big Red and Lions.
Brown 5, Penn 2
Doubles
1. #78 Yeoh/To (B) def. Court/Spratt (P); 7-6 (5)
2. Tarwid/Garcia (B) def. Nardella/Westergaard (P); 6-1
3. Kaplan/Willenborg (P) def. Sandberg/Haworth (B); 7-6 (2)
Singles
1. To (B) def. Court (P); 6-1, 6-4
2. Garcia (B) def. Willenborg (P); 7-6, 6-2
3. Pompan (P) def. Yeoh (B); 6-3, 6-3
4. Nardella (P) def. Kravtchenko (B); 6-4, 6-4
5. Tarwid (B) def. Westergaard (P); 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
6. Sandberg (B) def. Lahlou (P); 6-4, 7-5
Order of finish:
Doubles 2,3,1
Singles 1,4,3,2,6,5
