BOX SCORELEXINGTON, Va. - The 27th-ranked Swarthmore College men's tennis team (3-1) overcame #37 Washington and Lee University (6-2) by a score of 7-2 on Monday, March 9, as the Garnet recorded their third win of the season and second against a nationally-ranked opponent.
The match started off slowly for Swarthmore, with the No. 3 doubles team of freshman
Josh Powell and senior
Harrison Lands defeating Washington and Lee's Joe Siami and Brian Krouskos by a score of 8-6 to earn the Garnet's only doubles victory.
Swarthmore shrugged off the slow start, however, and then went on to sweep singles play. No. 2 singles freshman
Mark Fallati dropped a close second set, but fought back in the third set to prevail over Jordan Krasner with a final score of 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4. Freshman
Ari Cepelewicz, playing at No. 3, also came surging back from a defeat in the second set, winning his match by a score of 6-4, 2-6, 6-1.
Freshmen
Blake Oetting,
Michael Song,
Josh Powell decisively won their singles matches at No. 4, 5, and 6 singles, respectively. Sophomore
John Larkin won at first singles after his opponent retired in the first set.
Swarthmore will be on the road again on Friday, March 13, when they take on Mary Washington in Fredricksburg, Va. at 3 p.m.
