Goucher Men's Tennis Drops Match At Swarthmore
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Goucher College lost a non-conference tennis match to Swarthmore College 8-1 on Saturday.
Omosesan Adebamgbe (Philadelphia, Pa./Lower Mertion) picked up the lone win on the day with a 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) decision in two sets.
Tetsuya Ota (Wesley Chapel, Fla./Saddlebrook Prep) played two of the most competitive matches for the Gophers on the day. The sophomore won the first set 6-2 and then lost the second 6-4 and the third 10-5 at No.1 singles. In his doubles match with Michael Herman (Prague, Czech Republic/Gymnazium Nova Porg) the duo went to a tiebreaker and fell 8-7 (7-1) at No. 1 doubles.
Frankie Mullinix (Washington, D.C./The George School) and Adebamgbe lost 8-3 at No. 2 doubles and Brian Kane (Philadelphia, Pa./Friends Select) and Elliot Diehl (York, Pa./York Suburban) fell 8-2 at No. 3 doubles.
In other singles action, Herman dropped a 6-2, 6-0 match at No. 2 singles, Mullinix lost 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles, Slade Dumas (Great Falls, Va./Dominion) fell 6-4, 6-1 at No. 4 singles and Kane dropped a 6-3, 6-1 match at No. 6 singles.
Goucher returns to action on Friday at Washington (Md.). Match time is 3 p.m.
Doubles
(SC) Simon Vernier/Jiung Jung defeats (GC) Tetsuya Ota/Michael Herman, 8-7 (7-1)
(SC) Evan Han/John Lanthrop defeats (GC) Frankie Mullinix/Omesesan A, 8-3
(SC) Noah Cheng/Noah Criss defeats (GC) Brian Kane/Elliot Diehl, 8-2
Singles
(SC) John Lathrop defeats (GC) Tetsuya Ota, 2-6, 6-4, 10-5
(SC) Evan Han defeats (GC) Michael Herman, 6-2, 6-0
(SC) Noah Criss defeats (GC) Frankie Mullinix, 6-0, 6-0
(SC) Noah Cheng defeats (GC) Slade Dumas, 6-4, 6-1
(GC) Omosesan Adebamgbe defeats (SC) 6-3, 7-6 (7-2)
(SC) Neel Gupta defeats (GC) Brian Kane, 6-3, 6-1