Men's Tennis Falls to George Washington

Saturday, February 22

Cincinnati, Ohio

4:30 PM

Xavier University

George Washington

Photo by: Rooted Media House

02.23.20 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

By: Brandon Eckman, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier men's tennis fell in their second home match of the weekend to George Washington, 5-2, on Saturday afternoon. With the loss, the Musketeers fall to 4-7 overall this season.

THE MATCH

Xavier went ahead 1-0 with the doubles point after Brett Winters and Matthew Graft secured a 6-4 win in the No. 1 spot and Srdan Pejic and Shashank Reddy picked up a 6-2 win in the No. 3 spot. Michael Lee and Jan Vrba were defeated, 6-4, in the No. 2 spot.

In singles, Xavier's only point came courtesy of Reddy as he defeated George Washington on the No. 4 spot, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. Winters fell in the No. 1 spot, 6-1, 6-7 (4-6), 7-5. In the No. 2 spot, Pejic fell, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 and Graft fell in the No. 3 spot, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-0. In the No. 5 spot, Aaron Thompson was defeated, 6-0, 6-3, and Michael Lee was defeated 7-5, 6-2 in the No. 6 spot to close out the match.

RESULTS: GEORGE WASHINGTON

George Washington 5, Xavier 2

Singles competition
1. Zicheng Zeng (GW) def. Winters, Brett (XUM) 6-1, 6-7 (4-6), 7-5
2. Ethan Jacobs (GW) def. Pejic, Srdan (XUM) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
3. Ben Barnett (GW) def. Graft, Matthew (XUM) 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-0
4. Reddy, Shashank (XUM) def. Jakub Behun (GW) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
5. Lawrence Sciglitano (GW) def. Thompson, Aaron (XUM) 6-0, 6-3
6. Hanyu Liu (GW) def. Lee, Michael (XUM) 7-5, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Winters, Brett/Graft, Matthew (XUM) def. Zicheng Zeng/Ben Barnett (GW) 6-4
2. Lawrence Sciglitano/Jakub Behun (GW) def. Lee, Michael/Vrba, Jan (XUM) 6-4
3. Pejic, Srdan/Reddy, Shashank (XUM) def. Ethan Jacobs/Hanyu Liu (GW) 6-2

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