PHILADELPHIA - The No. 23 University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team played its sixth and seventh matches over the last week on Sunday at Hecht Tennis Center. The Quakers began the day with a 4-1 win over Clemson before taking down Drexel, 5-2, to wrap up the double-header. 

How it Happened

Penn began the day playing its fourth power-5 school this season, Clemson from the SEC. Edoardo Graziani and Dmitry Shatalin got the Quakers going early in doubles with a 6-2 victory. Clemson tied it up with a 6-2 win of its own at three before Aleks Huryn and Robert Smithline clinched the doubles point, winning 6-4.

The Red and Blue took that momentum into singles Graziani and Shatalin each took their opening sets, 6-0. Shatalin finished his straight set win, taking the second, 6-2, while Graziani won 6-4 as the Quakers went up, 3-0 overall. 

Huryn fell at six singles, but Max Cancilla bounced back after losing the first set in his match, 6-2, to take the next two 6-4, 6-3 to clinch the match for Penn. 

In the second match of the day, it was the battle of University City as Penn took on Drexel. Once again, the Quakers got the early jump in doubles with 6-4 wins from Smithline and Huryn at number one doubles and Graziani and Zhu at number two.

In singles the Quakers got straight set wins from Zhu, Noah Makarome, and Jonah Jurick to clinch the match. Zhu tallied his second win of the day with a straight-forward, 6-3, 6-0 win. Jurick also impressed at number six, toughing out a two-set, 7-6, 7-5 victory. The Dragons did take two matches at number four and five singles, but Graziani finished the day with a 6-0 comeback victory in the third set after losing the opener, 6-2. 

Full Results
 

Penn 4, Clemson 1

Doubles
1. Graziani/Shatalin (PENN) d. Baudry/Liu (CLEM) - 6-2
2. Huryn/Smithline (PENN) d. Dodens/Jahn (CLEM) - 6-4
3. Giusca/Vialmin (CLEM) d. Cancilla/Zhu (PENN) - 6-2

Singles

1. Edoardo Graziani (PENN) d. Yizhou Liu (CLEM) - 6-0, 6-4
2. Kevin Zhu (PENN) vs. Simon Boudry (CLEM) - DNF
3. Dmitry Shatalin (PENN) d. Carlos Kelaidis (CLEM) - 6-0, 6-2
4. Noah Makarome (PENN) vs. Teodor Giusca (CLEM) - DNF
5. Max Cancilla (PENN) d. Matteo Vialmin (CLEM) - 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
6. Pierre Dodens (CLEM) d. Aleks Huryn (PENN) - 6-3, 6-2

Penn 5, Drexel 2

Doubles
1. Huryn/Smithline (PENN) d. Orhon/Wogen (DREX) - 6-4
2. Graziani/Zhu (PENN) d. Jagtiani/Hammit (DREX) - 6-4
3. Zucker/Cancilla (PENN) vs. Lahlou/Sanchez (DREX) - DNF

Singles
1. Edoardo Graziani (PENN) d. Sinan Orhon (DREX) - 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
2. Kevin Zhu (PENN) d. Alvaro Cruz (DREX) - 6-3, 6-0
3. Noah Makarome (PENN) d. Youssef Lahlou (DREX) - 6-3, 6-1
4. Djordje Janackovic (DREX) d. Jeff Zucker (PENN) - 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
5. Alexander Hammit (DREX) d. Aleks Huryn (PENN) - 6-4, 7-5
6. Jonah Jurick (PENN) d. Gustav Wogen (DREX) - 7-6, 7-5