PHILADELPHIA, PA. – FDU men's tennis traveled to Drexel this past weekend to participate in the Dragon Invitational. Despite going 1-2 on the weekend, it was a successful showing for the Knights, who came up with some big match wins. The invitational was highlighted by a 4-3 victory against Villanova on Saturday. Sweeping the doubles matches, the Burgundy and Blue opened the dual with a productive start. In singles play, three Knights saw early losses, giving Nova the advantage. Sophomore
Asaf Schwartz won his match against Kush Anand 6-2, 6-0 to even the score for juniors
Tyler Crook and
Andrew Nicolae who each took three set victories
SINGLES:
MARUJO, Martim (TEM) def. OBONIYE, Joshua (FDU) 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-4
KRESINA, Adam (TEM) def. MINOR, Gryffin (FDU) 6-1, 6-0
NEMANI, Pranav (TEM) def. CROOK, Tyler (FDU) 6-3, 4-6, 10-5
NAJVIRT KOLARIC, M (TEM) def. SCHWARTZ, Asaf (FDU) 6-3, 6-3
ALONSO-CORTES, J (FDU) def. ER, Erden (TEM) 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
NICOLAE, Andrew (FDU) def. PENNABADI, Harshith (TEM) 6-2, 6-4
DOUBLES:
OBONIYE, Joshua/CROOK, Tyler (FDU) def. MARUJO, Martim/KRESINA, Adam (TEM) 7-6 (7-5)
NEMANI, Pranav/BHAT, Aayush (TEM) def. NICOLAE, Andrew/NEIRA, Matias (FDU) 6-2
MINOR, Gryffin/ALONSO-CORTES, J (FDU) def. PENNABADI, Harshith/BLUMENSCHEIN, A (TEM) 7-5
SINGLES:
MONAHAN, Will (NOVA) def. MINOR, Gryffin (FDU) 5-7, 7-6, 10-5
CROOK, Tyler (FDU) def. GORDON, Cooper (NOVA) 4-6, 6-3, 10-7
SCHWARTZ, Asaf (FDU) def. ANAND, Kush (NOVA) 6-2, 6-0
KRUEP, Cameron (NOVA) def. ALONSO-CORTES, J (FDU) 2-6, 6-3, 10-5
NICOLAE, Andrew (FDU) def. JONES, Quincy (NOVA) 7-6, 4-6, 10-2
SHERNER, Jack (NOVA) def. NEIRA, Matias (FDU) 7-5, 6-3
DOUBLES:
OBONIYE, Joshua/CROOK, Tyler (FDU) def. ANAND, Kush/GORDON, Cooper (NOVA) 6-3 NICOLAE, Andrew/NEIRA, Matias (FDU) def. KRUEP, Cameron/JONES, Quincy (NOVA) 6-3 MINOR, Gryffin/ALONSO-CORTES, J (FDU) def. MONAHAN, Will/VESTAL, Josh (NOVA) 6-4
SINGLES:
BIVOL, Mateo (MON) def. OBONIYE, Joshua (FDU) 6-3, 7-5
MARTINEZ SANZ, A (MON) def. MINOR, Gryffin (FDU) 6-4, 6-4
CROOK, Tyler (FDU) def. HILLERBY, Adam (MON) 6-2, 6-2
KELLER, Louis (MON) def. SCHWARTZ, Asaf (FDU) 6-1, 6-2
LAPORTA, Diego (MON) def. ALONSO-CORTES, J (FDU) 6-1, 7-6
WEINBERG, Yoav (MON) def. NICOLAE, Andrew (FDU) 6-3, 6-1
DOUBLES:
OBONIYE, Joshua/CROOK, Tyler (FDU) def. BIVOL, Mateo/KELLER, Louis (MON) 7-5
MARTINEZ SANZ, A/LAPORTA, Diego (MON) def. MINOR, Gryffin/SCHWARTZ, Asaf (FDU) 6-3
WEINBERG, Yoav/BONNETT, Jakob (MON) def. NICOLAE, Andrew/NEIRA, Matias (FDU) 7-5
