MEN'S TENNIS FALLS AT SWARTHMORE, 4-3

SWARTHMORE, PA -- Swarthmore rallied from a three games to zero deficit to defeat the visiting Temple men's tennis team 4-3 on Saturday afternoon.  The loss dropped the Owls to 0-3 on the season.

The Owls opened play by winning the doubles point.  Seniors Tyler Wynne and Yhonny Murray posted an 8-4 victory at number one doubles over Jonathan Reiss and Brian Park.  Sophomore Matt Struble and junior Elad Ziv won the second doubles position over Jonathan Lo and Justin Durand, 8-3, to take the point for Temple.

Murray won at second singles over Park, 6-2, 6-3, to improve to 2-0 on the spring and give the Cherry and White a 2-0 lead.  Struble topped Durand at third singles, 6-3, 6-2, making it 3-0 Owls.  Then the roof caved in.

Wynne, Ziv and Kris Celtnieks each lost three set matches at first, fourth and sixth singles, respectively, with each Temple player owning a lead in the third set before falling.  Joe Listanski dropped his fifth singles match in straight sets to give Swarthmore the win.

The Owls are next off until they travel south for Spring Break.  Temple next plays at Charleston Southern on March 10.

Swarthmore 4, Temple 3

Singles

#1 --Jonathan Reiss (S) defeated Tyler Wynne (T), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

#2 - Yhonny Murray (T) defeated Brian`Park (S), 6-2, 6-3

#3 - Matt Struble (T) defeated Justin Durand (S), 6-3, 6-2

#4 -- Jonathan Lo (S) defeated Elad Ziv (T), 4-6, 7-6, 6-4

#5 -- Adam Wallwork (S) defeated Joe Listanski (T), 6-1, 6-0

#6 -- Sam Sidhu (S) defeated Kris Celtnieks (T), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

Doubles

#1 --Wynne/Murray defeated Reiss/Park, 8-4

#2 -- Struble/Ziv defeated Lo/Durand, 8-3

#3 -- Sidhu/Rahul D'Silva defeated Jon Sy/Kris Celtnieks, 9-7

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MEN'S TENNIS FALLS AT SWARTHMORE, 4-3

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