Owls Rally at Home, Defeat Morgan State 5-2

Saturday, February 21

6:15 PM

Temple University

Morgan State

Owls Rally at Home, Defeat Morgan State 5-2

2.21.26 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA - The Temple Men's Tennis team turned things around at home, winning their first match of the season against Morgan State 5-2.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The duos Lance Cochran, Pranav Nemani and Alberto Blumeschein, Oliver Aguilar won the doubles point for the Owls at the home opener.
Aayush Bhat and Alberto Blumenschein each tallied a point for Temple in singles play, winning their matches in two clean sets.
Oliver Aguilar fought hard to defeat Morgan State's Majdi Ben Abdelwahed, taking their match to a tie-breaking set.

RESULTS

Doubles

Lance Cochran/Pranav Nemani (TEM) def. Majdi Ben Abdelwahed/Yessine Kerouat (MOR) 6-3

Alberto Blumenschein/Oliver Aguilar (TEM) def. Roman Filima/Rhajzon Rankins (MOR) 7-6 (2)

Ilya Maltsev/Abdulraheem Isa (MOR) def. Matteo Crespi/Harshith Pennabadi (TEM) 7-6 (3)

Singles

Aayush Bhat (TEM) def. Rhajzon Rankins (MOR) 6-3,6-3

Ilya Maltsev (MOR) def. Matteo Crespi (TEM) 6-3, 6-0

Roman Filma (MOR) def. Lance Cochran (TEM) 6-2, 6-2

Oliver Aguilar (TEM) def. Majdi Ben Abdelwahed (MOR) 7-6, 4-6, 7-4

Alberto Blumenschein (TEM) def. Yessine Kerouat (MOR) 6-2, 6-1

Pranav Nemani (TEM) def. Abdulraheem Isa (MOR) 6-4, 6-3

UP NEXT

With their Navy match canceled due to inclement weather, the Owls will head to Florida for a four-match trip, starting with a match against North Carolina A&T on Monday, March 2. Start time is set for 2:30 p.m.

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