Men’s Tennis: Garnet Split in Virginia
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- The Swarthmore men's tennis team split a pair of matches this weekend on the campus of the University of Mary Washington. The Garnet defeated Carnegie Mellon 5-2 on Saturday afternoon and then fell to seventh-ranked Mary Washington 6-1 on Sunday morning.
After losing the doubles' point to CMU on Saturday, the Garnet (3-9) rallied to win six of the seven singles' matches to defeat the Tartans, ranked fifth in the Atlantic South region.
Swarthmore, currently listed fourth in the Atlantic South region, got a solid win at No.1 by senior Zac Rodd. Rodd, ranked fifth in the region, rallied back down a set to defeat CMU's Yiran Liu 3-6, 6-2, 6-4. Junior Jon Reiss, ranked eighth in the region, overcame Andrew Clearfield (20th in the region) to win 7-5, 7-6.
Senior Brian Park easily defeated Stephen Kuhn 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3 singles while sophomore Jon Lo rolled at No. 4 singles, downing Carl Yang 6-2, 6-1. Sam Sidhu '07 also cruised, getting past Dan Munoz at No. 6 singles 6-1, 6-1.
The Garnet ran into a national-title contender on Sunday in the Eagles of Mary Washington. Swarthmore's lone point came at No. 2 singles, where Reiss defeated Jon Clair 5-7, 6-4, 10-4.
Reiss has won six straight matches and has fallen twice in 2006, both to Division I opponents.
The Garnet will take on 25th-ranked College of New Jersey in their next match, scheduled for Sunday, April 9 at 1:30 p.m.