Men's Tennis Edged at Penn, 4-3

Sunday, April 3

1 pm

Brown University

Penn

4/3/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Brown men's tennis team was defeated at Penn, 4-3, in a closely contended Ivy League match on Sunday.

The doubles matches were back-and-forth, with the Quakers taking the point with wins in second and third doubles. Freshman Charles Tan (Austin, Texas) and sophomore Jack Haworth (Corby, England) posted a 6-4 win in second doubles.

Brown battled back in singles' play, recording wins in first and second singles. Junior Gregory Garcia (Poway, Calif.) won his match (first singles) 6-1, 7-5, and sophomore Peter Tarwid (Lake Forest, Ill.) posted the second singles win (6-4, 6-0). Penn then followed with wins in fifth and sixth singles.

Sophomore Aaron Sandberg (Hudson, Ohio) next won fourth singles, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 to knot to score 3-3, but then it was Josh Pompan in third singles that won it for Penn, clinching the match with a 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-5 win.

The Bears will next host back-to-back Ivy League matches, starting with No. 56 Cornell on Saturday, April 9, and wrapping up with No. 28 Columbia on Sunday, April 10. Both matches will start at noon.

Doubles
1. Westergaard/Austin Kaplan (P) def. Garcia/Tarwid (B), 6-2
2. Tan/Jack Haworth (B) def. Thomas Spratt/Matt Nardella (P), 6-4
3. Willenborg/Shatalin (P) def. Sandberg/Mitak (B), 6-2

Singles
1. Gregory Garcia (B) def. Kyle Mautner (P), 6-1, 7-5
2. Peter Tarwid (B) def. Vim De Alwis (P), 6-4, 6-0
3. Josh Pompan (P) def. Mladen Mitak (B), 6-7 (3) 6-4, 7-5
4. Aaron Sandberg def. Matt Nardella (P), 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
5. Blaine Willenborg (P) def. Charles Tan (B), 7-6 (5), 6-4
6. Ismael Lahlou (P) def. Anthony Arocho (B), 6-3, 6-3