Saturday, February 22
Cincinnati, OH
4:30 p.m.
George Washington University
5
at
2
Xavier
Men's Tennis Cruises Past Xavier, 5-2
2/22/2020 9:52:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Colonials claim five singles matches to sweep weekend in Ohio
CINCINNATI - GW men's tennis finished off a perfect weekend in Ohio with a 5-2 victory over former A-10 foe Xaiver at the Eastern Hills Indoor Tennis Club.
The Colonials bounced back from dropping the double point despite a victory at #2 from Lawrence Sciglitano and Jakub Behun. In singles play, GW quickly jumped to the lead with straight-set victories from Sciglitano at #5 and Hanyu Liu at #6.
Four of the six singles matches ended up going the distance with GW winning three of the four affairs. Sophomores Zicheng Zeng, Ethan Jacobs and Ben Barnett all claimed the decisive third set at #1, #2 and #3, respectively.
GW is back in competition on Friday, traveling across town to take on Georgetown. First serve is set for 9 a.m.
GW 5, Xavier 2
The Colonials bounced back from dropping the double point despite a victory at #2 from Lawrence Sciglitano and Jakub Behun. In singles play, GW quickly jumped to the lead with straight-set victories from Sciglitano at #5 and Hanyu Liu at #6.
Four of the six singles matches ended up going the distance with GW winning three of the four affairs. Sophomores Zicheng Zeng, Ethan Jacobs and Ben Barnett all claimed the decisive third set at #1, #2 and #3, respectively.
GW is back in competition on Friday, traveling across town to take on Georgetown. First serve is set for 9 a.m.
GW 5, Xavier 2
Singles
1. Zicheng Zeng def. Brett Winters 6-1, 6-7 (4-6), 7-5
2. Ethan Jacobs def. Srdan Pejic 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
3. Ben Barnett def. Matthew Grft 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-0
4. Shahank Reddy def. Jakub Behun 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
5. Lawrence Sciglitano def. Aaron Thompson 6-0, 6-3
1. Brett Winters / Matthew Graft def. Zicheng Zeng / Ben Barnett 6-4
2. Lawrence Sciglitano / Jakub Behun def. Michael Lee / Jan Vrba 6-4
3. Srdan Pejic / Shashank Reddy def. Ethan Jacobs / Hanyu Liu 6-2
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
123
667
Winters, Brett / 0 [XUM]
175
#2 Singles Match
123
656
Pejic, Srdan / 0 [XUM]
474
#3 Singles Match
123
376
Graft, Matthew / 0 [XUM]
660
#4 Singles Match
123
363
Reddy, Shashank / 0 [XUM]
616
#5 Singles Match
12
66
Thompson, Aaron / 0 [XUM]
03
#6 Singles Match
12
76
Lee, Michael / 0 [XUM]
52
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