Temple University Athletics
Temple's Win Streak Snapped At Carnegie Mellon, 6-3
2.10.07 | Men's Tennis
Feb. 10, 2007
PITTSBURGH, PA - The Temple men's tennis team had its three-game win streak snapped with a 6-3 loss at the hands of host Carnegie Mellon Saturday afternoon at the Pittsburgh Indoor Tennis Center. The Owls (3-3) were playing without two of their top singles players, seniors Philip Gegenheimer (shoulder injury) and Daniel Davis (academic commitment). The Tartans improved to 6-1 on the season.
Temple dropped three tightly-contested doubles matches to start the afternoon. The Owls fared better at singles with sophomore Nathan Spunda winning a three-set match at the top slot while junior Zach Tobias won his second singles match, 6-3, 7-5 (10-8) over Ravi Raghavan. Freshman Gonzalo De Villa won his fourth singles match to account for Temple's final point.
The Owls complete their trip to Western Pennsylvania with a 10:00 a.m. match at Duquense Sunday.
Carnegie Mellon 6, Temple 3 Pittsburgh Indoor Tennis Center February 10, 2007
Singles 1 - Nathan Spunda (T) def. James Muliawan (CM), 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 2 - Zach Tobias (T) def. Ravi Raghavan (CM), 6-3, 7-5 (10-8) 3 - Jon Spero (CM) def. Pavlos Stephanides (T), 6-1, 6-4 4 - Gonzalo De Villa (T) def. Yiran Liu (CM), 6-4, 7-6 (9-7) 5 - Andrew Clearfield (CM) def. Robert Spencer (T), 3-6, 6-7 (7-5) 6 - Jordan Koslosky (CM), def. Kris Celtnieks (T), 6-3, 6-0
Doubles 1 - Raghavan /Koslosky (CM) def. Eduardo Saavedra/DeVilla (T), 9-7 2 - Spero/Muliawan (CM) def. Tobias/Spunda (T), 8-5 3 - Clearfield/Liu (CM) def. Stephanides/Spencer (T), 8-6
