Men's Tennis Wins on Senior Day
The Muhlenberg men's tennis team used its complete lineup to defeat Eastern, 8-1, on Senior Day.
Ten different players recorded wins, with only freshman Harrison Neff playing both singles and doubles. Freshmen Matt Miller and Owen Dyer combined to drop only three games in winning in straight sets at the top two singles spots.
Prior to the match, the Mules honored their three seniors, Roy Hsu, Derek George and Josh Benson, pictured above left to right with their families and women's senior Sophia Framm.
Benson won his No. 5 singles match in straight sets, while George got to play in front of a large audience in the last match on the court, dropping a 12-10 third-set tiebreaker.
Muhlenberg 8, Eastern 1
doubles
William Rose and Harrison Neff (M) def. Jacob DeVage and Jeffrey Day, 8-2
Josh Simon and Noah Katz (M) def. Peter Folga and Joshua Pavao, 8-4
Isaac Shulman and Connor Michael (M) def. Jacob Craig and Ethan Goonewardene, 8-2
singles
Matt Miller (M) def. DeVage, 6-1, 6-1
Owen Dyer (M) def. Day, 6-1, 6-0
Neff (M) def. Folga, 6-3, 6-1
Gabriel Tamarkin (M) def. Craig, 6-2, 6-0
Josh Benson (M) def. Goonewardene, 6-4, 6-1
Shane Witzer (E) def. Derek George, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (12-10)
Players Mentioned
Players Mentioned
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