Squads combine for two wins over tough week
The men and women’s tennis teams endured mixed results last week. The women’s squad went 2-1 while the men’s squad went 0-3. The women’s team defeated Trinity College 7-2 on Sunday but lost to Tufts University 9-0 on Saturday. The team also beat Bentley University 9-0 last Thursday. The men’s team lost to Trinity 6-3 on Sunday, Bowdoin College 7-2 on Friday and 5-4 to Tufts on Wednesday. Both teams now stand at a record of 8-7.
Women’s Squad
The women’s team won two of three doubles matches against Trinity. The duo of Haley Cohen ’18 and Olivia Leavitt ’19 lost in the first match 9-8, but the pair of Charlotte Aaron ’18 and Sophia He ’19 won their match 8-2. Emily Eska ’16 and Maya Vasser ’16 won the final match 8-1.
In singles play, Leavitt won the No. 2 match 6-4, 6-0, while Keren Khromchenko ’19 won match No. 3 6-1, 6-0. Eska won her match 6-0, 6-1, and Michele Lehat ’19 won the last match 6-0, 6-0.
The Judges did not fare as well against No. 15 Tufts. In doubles, Leavitt and Cohen lost 8-4 in their match and Aaron and He lost 8-5 in their match. In singles play, Cohen lost the first match 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) and Leavitt lost the second match 6-3, 6-2. Brandeis shut out Bentley last Thursday. The Judges lost only four games across the three doubles matches, Leavitt and Cohen won their match 8-1, Sophia He ’19 and Aaron won the second match 8-2, and Biswas and Hannah Marion ’16 won the third match 8-1.
The Judges also played well in singles play. Cohen won the first match 6-3, 6-4 and Khromchenko won the second match 6-4, 6-3. He and Eska both won their matches, 6-2, 6-0 and 7-5, 6-2, respectively. Lehat won the fifth match 6-1, 6-2 and Aaron won the final match 6-4, 7-5.
Men’s Squad
On Sunday, the men’s team lost to Trinity and did not win a game in double play during the match. The duo of Michael Arguello ’17 and Jeff Cherkin ’17 lost the first match 8-5. Jackson Kogan ’19 and Danny Lubarsky ’16 lost their doubles match 8-5 and Brian Granoff and ’17 Eric Goldberg ’18 lost the third match 8-6.
In singles play, Ryan Bunis ’17 lost the first match 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 and Granoff lost the second match 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. Arguello notched a victory for the Judges in the third match 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 and Tyler Ng ’19 won the fourth match 6-4, 6-4. Lubarsky won the fifth match 6-2, 6-2, but Kogan dropped the sixth match 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.
The team also lost to No. 2 ranked Bowdoin. Arguello and Cherkin lost the first doubles match 8-2, but Lubarsky and Kogan won the second match 9-7. Arguello notched the only singles victory for Brandeis 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 12-10. Brandeis also fell to No. 17 ranked Tufts. The pair of Arguello and Cherkin won the first doubles match 8-2, and the duo of Lubarsky and Kogan won the second match 8-5.
In singles play, Bunis won his match on the No. 1 court 6-4, 6-4, and Granoff won on the No. 2 court 7-5, 7-5. Arguello lost the third match 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, Ng lost the fourth match 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) and Lubarsky lost the fifth match 7-5, 5-7, 6-3.
The men and women’s teams begin the UAA tournament on Thursday in Florida.
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