Men's Tennis Drops Saturday Doubleheader

Saturday, March 21

Philadelphia, Pa.

9 a.m.

Temple University

Penn

Men's Tennis Drops Saturday Doubleheader

3.21.15 | Men's Tennis

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

PHILADELPHIA- In a Saturday doubleheader, the Owls dropped matches to #61 Penn and Georgetown. In their first match of the day, the Owls fell to crosstown rival Penn, 5-0. This season, the Owls were 2-3 against City Six schools.

In the only doubles set of the match, Ian Glessing and Maros Januvka were defeated by Austin Kaplan and Thomas Spratt, 6-1, 6-3. The Quakers dominated singles play, as they took each flight in straight-set victories.

In the second match, the Owls dropped to Georgetown, 5-2. Glessing and Jankuva fought hard in the doubles match against John Brosens and Jordan Portner, 7-6, 5-7, 10-7.

Nicolas Paulus picked up a victory for Temple at the second flight against Marco Lam, 6-4, 6-4 and Filip Stipcic defeated Andrew Dottino at the sixth flight, 7-6, 6-4.

The Owls (9-8, 0-2 The American) will face Lehigh at Legacy Tennis Courts at 4 p.m. on March 24.

No. 61 Penn 5, Temple 0
Doubles
1) Kaplan/Spratt (UP) def. Glessing/Januvka (TU) 6-1, 6-3

Singles
1) Podesta (UP) def. Canete (TU) 6-1, 6-3
2) Willenborg (UP) vs. Paulus (TU) 7-5, 1-1 DNF
3) Pompan (UP) def. Belkssir (TU) 6-3, 6-2
4) Nardella (UP) def. Naran (TU) 6-3, 7-5
5) Lessen (UP) def. Stipcic (TU) 6-0, 6-4

Georgetown 5, Temple 2

Doubles:

Brosens/Portner (GU) def. Glessing/Januvka (TU), 7-6, 5-7, 10-7

Singles:

Khanin (GU) def. Canete (TU), 6-2, 6-3

Paulus (TU) def. Lam (GU), 6-2, 6-4

Beatty (GU) def. Belkssir (TU), 6-4, 1-6, 10-5

Tropiano (GU) def. Naran (TU), 6-3, 3-6, 11-9

Stipcic (TU) def. Dottino (GU), 7-6, 6-4