Owls Take Down Garnet
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Garnet freshman Brad Nalitt picked up his first collegiate win as the Swarthmore men opened up the spring semester in the Michael Mullan Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon by falling to Division-I Temple University 6-1.
Swarthmore (0-1 overall) took the #1 doubles match at the start of the day, as Jon Reiss '07 and Jon Lo '08 combined to down Temple's Daniel Davis and Eduardo Saavedre 8-6. The Owls (2-2) claimed the doubles' point with victories in the #2 and #3 doubles matches.
Nalitt collected the lone singles' victory for Swarthmore, defeating Saaverdre 6-4, 6-4 in the #6 singles match-up.
The Garnet, ranked 23rd in all of Division III in the latest ITA FILA rankings, will face off with another Division I team, St. Joseph's, on Sunday, Feb. 11 in the Mullan Tennis Center.