SWARTHMORE, Pa. - No. 28 Swarthmore College Men's Tennis fought off No. 29 Haverford College Fords in the semifinals of the Centennial Conference Tournament, 5-4, on Saturday afternoon at the Michael Mullan Tennis Center. 

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Swarthmore took two points in doubles action as the pair of Charley Force and Rushil Patel battled to a win at the number two doubles, while Graham Hadesman and Max Pogorelov earned a hard fought victory at the number three doubles position. Force and Patel, ranked 12th in the ITA Atlantic South Region, fought off a late surge by the Fords for a 8-6 victory. At the number three doubles position, Hadesman and Pogorelov rallied to win a back-and-forth. The duo won the point with a score of 8-7 score, including a 7-4 tiebreaker point.

- At the number one doubles position, Grant Dill and John Nichols-Daly fell to George Jiang and Stefan Johnson, 8-3. The Garnet duo was ranked fourth in the region, while the Fords were ranked 15th. 

- Kevin Jiang gave Swarthmore a 3-1 lead with a 6-0, 6-2 win at the number three singles position. The freshman ranks 25th in the ITA Atlantic South region. Force earned the fourth point for the Garnet as he battled to a 7-5, 6-3 victory at the number one singles position. The sophomore, ranked fourth in the region, defeated tenth ranked George Jiang. 

-Noah Criss clinched the match for the Garnet with a hard fought three set victory at the number six singles position. The senior dropped the first set, 6-1, but battled back to earn a 6-2 victory in the second set and a 6-1 win in the third set. 

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS:
#28 Swarthmore 5, #29 Haverford  4
Singles
1.Charley Force (SWAT) def. George Jiang (HAV), 7-5, 6-3
2. Andres Wingert (HAV) def. Rushil Patel (SWAT), 6-4, 6-4
3.Kevin Jiang (SWAT) def. Danny Loder (HAV), 6-0, 6-2
4.Stefan Johnson (HAV) def. Phil Rehwinkel (SWAT), 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
5.Adam Chow (HAV) def. Josiah Myers-Lipton (SWAT), 6-0, 0-6, 7-5
6.Noah Criss (SWAT) def. James McKenzie (HAV), 1-6, 6-2, 6-1

Doubles
1.George Jiang/Stefan Johnson (HAV) def. Grant Dill/John Nichols-Daly (SWAT), 8-3
2.Charley Force/Rushil Patel (SWAT) def. Patrick Kley/Adam Chow (HAV), 8-6
3.Max Pogorelov/Graham Hadesman (SWAT) def. Justin Minvera/James McKenzie, 8-7 (7-4)

UP NEXT
The Garnet will travel to take on #12 and top-seeded Johns Hopkins in the Centennial Conference Championship on Sunday in Baltimore, Md. The title match is slated to begin at 11:00 a.m. at the Johns Hopkins University Tennis Courts.