Men’s Tennis Drops to No. 31 SMU, 4-0

Friday, April 1

Dallas, TX

1:00 P.M. ET

Temple University

SMU

Men’s Tennis Drops to No. 31 SMU, 4-0

4.1.22 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

DALLAS – Temple men's tennis (9-6) dropped to No. 31, SMU (13-6) on Friday afternoon, with a final score of 4-0.

Notes

The Owls had a strong doubles showing, dropping from the No. 1 spot first, but bounced back with a win from Gregoire Barety and Jericho Grollman in the No. 2 position.
The pair of Leo Raquin and Thibault Frumholz looked to bring the doubles point home for the Owls, but were edged by SMU, 7-6.
With unfinished matches from the number two, four and six positions in singles play, the Owls were held scoreless as the Mustangs swept the remaining points.

Results
Doubles

#76 Neff/Thamma (SMU) def. Delmas/Gorregues (TEM) 6-3
Barety/Grollman (TEM) def. Kumar/Krall (SMU) 6-4
Allen/Steinhausen (SMU) def. Raquin/Frumholz (TEM) 7-6

Singles

Neff (SMU) def. Delmas (TEM) 6-2, 6-3
Chakravarthi (SMU) vs. Gorregues (TEM) 4-6, 5-1, unfinished
Kumar (SMU) def. Raquin (TEM) 6-3, 7-6
Thamma (SMU) vs. El Tawil (TEM) 1-6, 4-4, unfinished
Steinhausen (SMU) def. Barety (TEM) 6-2, 7-5
Frumholz (TEM) vs. Cloud (SMU), 6-2, 4-5, unfinished

Order of Finish
Doubles: 1,2,3
Singles: 1,5,3

From the Coach
"The guys really fought hard today," head coach Steve Mauro said. "SMU is an extremely strong opponent and we really played them close on every court. I give credit to SMU for their strong showing."

Up Next
The Owls will stay in Dallas, Tx. for the remainder of the weekend, returning to action tomorrow, Apr. 2 at 2 p.m. ET to face No. 37 Memphis.