Brown Drops First Road Test at Michigan State

Saturday, January 21

East Lansing, MI

12 p.m.

Brown University

Michigan State

Photo by: Emma C. Marion

Brown Drops First Road Test at Michigan State

1/21/2023 7:32:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Results

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Brown men's tennis hit the road for the first time in the 2023 spring season and came up short, 4-1, at Michigan State Saturday afternoon.

The Bears got off to a promising start as the first doubles pair of sophomore Alex Finkelstein and freshman Noah Hernandez took a 6-3 win, but it was the Spartans who earned the 1-0 match lead, winning second and third doubles by scores of 6-4.

Senior Niraj Komatineni picked up a victory at fourth singles (6-3, 6-3) for the lone point of the day.

DOUBLES RESULTS
Finkelstein/Hernandez (Brown) def. Lair/Shelon (MSU) 6-3
Crocker/Pero (MSU) def. Komatineni/Lam (Brown) 6-4
Matsuno/Saye (MSU) def. Bravo/Feldman (Brown) 6-4

SINGLES RESULTS
Pero (MSU) def. Finkelstein (Brown) 6-4, 6-4
Sheldon (MSU) def. Hernandez (Brown) 7⁷-6², 6-2, unfinished
Baylis (MSU) def. Worth (Brown) 6-4, 7⁹-6⁷
Komatineni (Brown) def. Lair (MSU) 6-3, 6-3
Saye (MSU) def. Koong (Brown) 6-4, 6-1
Portnoy (MSU) vs. Chou (Brown) 6-4, 5-4, unfinished

UP NEXT
Brown heads to Ann Arbor to face Michigan on Sunday at 12 p.m.

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