SWARTHMORE, Pa.- Host #21 Swarthmore won all three doubles and five out of six singles to top visiting Washington College, 8-1, on Tuesday afternoon at the Faulkner Courts.
#21 Swarthmore 8 Washington College 1
Doubles
- In top flight doubles, the Garnet's
Purushotham Koduri and
Michael Melinkov, ranked fifth in the Atlantic South Region, topped
Karl Hoegstedt and
Andre Jakobi, ranked sixth in the region, 8-4. No. 3 doubles finished next with Swarthmore's
Max Pogorelov and
Andres Fente winning 8-5 over
Ryohei Kawai and
Christian Gruyon. The hosts completed the sweep as
Max Lindstrom and
Rushil Patel, ranked 14th in the region, won 8-4 versus
Jack Fanshawe and
Landon Strober.
Singles
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Aamish Pal won the first singles match to conclude as he downed WC's Gruyon, 6-4 and 6-0 in the No.6 slot.
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Lalith Suresh secured the win for Swarthmore with a pair of 6-3 wins over Jakobi.
- Melnikov, ranked third in the region, won in top flight singles over Hoegstedt, ranked eighth, 6-4, 6-3.
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Aaradith Ravichandran secured the lone victory for the Shoremen in a three set contest over
Josiah Meyers Lipton in a 10-8 third set win after splitting the first two in a 6-3 victory and a 6-1 loss in No. 5 singles.
- Lindstrom topped Strober, 6-2, 6-4, at No. 2 for the Garnet.
- Purushotham bested Fanshawe in the No. 4 singles contest, 6-4, 7-6
Notes
- The Shoremen, ranked 15th in the region drop to 6-7 overall and 5-2 in Centennial Conference play, while the Garnet, ranked fifth in the Atlantic South, improves to 11-3 overall and 6-0 respectively.
Quote From Head Coach Constantine Ananiadis
"Swarthmore was better than us today, but we beat ourselves in several cases too. We need to keep our heads up and continue to believe in ourselves. We're not that far off teams like that, but the gap won't close itself either."
Up Next
4/22 v. Gettysburg – 1:00 p.m. (Centennial Conference match)
- Match will serve as Senior Day match for WC.