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No. 32 Swarthmore Beats No. 31 W&L

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SWARTHMORE, Pa.—Swarthmore College Men's Tennis won its indoor match against the Washington & Lee University Generals 6-3. The Garnet, ranked No. 32 in the latest ITA National Rankings, beat the team directly above them. Swarthmore improved to 2-1 on the season and the 31st-ranked Generals slipped to 3-1.

Swarthmore swept through doubles 8-4, 8-2, 8-5.

The Generals took the top two flights of singles, but Swarthmore got the job done in third, fourth and sixth singles. John Lathrop came close to taking fifth singles but fell 12-10 in the tiebreaker.

Simon Vernier won at third singles 7-6 (7-3), 6-4, and Josh Powell won in the fourth flight 6-4, 6-1.

Freshman Jiung Jung got a win in sixth singles with ease, 6-1, 6-0.

Swarthmore flew to California after the match to begin their spring break circuit.  

Washington and Lee Men's Tennis
Washington and Lee vs Swarthmore (Mar 10, 2018)

#32 Swarthmore 6, #31 Washington and Lee 3
Mar 10, 2018 at Swarthmore, Pa.

Singles competition
1. Harry Shepherd (WLU) def. Mark Fallati (SC) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
2. Mitchell Thomas (WLU) def. Thibault Vernier (SC) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
3. Simon Vernier (SC) def. Zack Ely (WLU) 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
4. Josh Powell (SC) def. Thomas Harmon (WLU) 6-4, 6-1
5. March Zheng (WLU) def. John Lathrop (SC) 6-3, 2-6, 12-10
6. Jiung Jung (SC) def. Tye Loan (WLU) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Mark Fallati/Josh Powell (SC) def. Mitchell Thomas/Harry Shepherd (WLU) 8-4
2. Simon Vernier/John Lathrop (SC) def. March Zheng/Thomas Harmon (WLU) 8-2
3. Thibault Vernier/Jiung Jung (SC) def. Michael Lukas/Charlie Kittredge (WLU) 8-5

Match Notes
Washington and Lee 3-1; National ranking #31
Swarthmore 2-1; National ranking #32
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Players Mentioned

Mark Fallati

Mark Fallati

Senior
Josh Powell

Josh Powell

Senior
Simon Vernier

Simon Vernier

Junior
John Lathrop

John Lathrop

Freshman
Jiung Jung

Jiung Jung

Freshman
Thibault Vernier

Thibault Vernier

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Mark Fallati

Mark Fallati

Senior
Josh Powell

Josh Powell

Senior
Simon Vernier

Simon Vernier

Junior
John Lathrop

John Lathrop

Freshman
Jiung Jung

Jiung Jung

Freshman
Thibault Vernier

Thibault Vernier

Freshman