Box Score 1 DURHAM, N.C. - The No. 23 University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team wrapped up its spring break trip on Thursday. The Quakers fell to Duke, 6-1, to wrap up their trip with a 2-3 record. Penn will return to Hecht Tennis Center on Sunday for a double-header against Clemson and Drexel. 


How it Happened

The Quakers fell in a close match on Wednesday against UNC-Charlotte. Penn fell in the doubles point losing at the number two and three spots.

Dmitry Shatalin tied the match up at 1-1 with a straight sets, 6-1, 6-3 victory at number four singles. Edoardo Graziani lost a close three-setter, falling 7-5 in the third after splitting the opening two sets and the Kevin Zhu lost two close sets as the Red and Blue fell behind, 3-1. Jason Hildebrandt came through, 6-2, in the third to bring Penn back within one, but after a loss by Kyle Mautner at the tops singles spot, UNC-Charlotte clinched the match. 

The Red and Blue bounced back on Thursday against UNC-Wilmington. After losing at number three doubles, the Quakers took first and second doubles in two tiebreakers. Aleks Huryn and Robert Smithline won 8-6 in the tiebreak to tie up the doubles while Shatalin and Graziani pulled away to win, 7-3, and secure the doubles point. 

Graziani expanded the Penn lead to 2-0 after a straight-forward, 6-4, 6-4 win at number one singles. Noah Makarome won an epic tiebreaker in the first set in his match, taking it 15-13. The sophomore took that momentum into the second set as he completed his straight sets victory, winning 6-1 to put the Quakers up 3-0. After trading 6-4 sets, Shatalin took the third set in his match, 6-3, to clinch the match for the Quakers. 

Penn fell in their match on their trip on Friday, falling 6-1 to Duke. Dmitry Shatalin took the only match for the Quakers at number three singles, winning 10-6 in a third-set tiebreaker. 

Up Next

The Quakers return to Hecht Tennis Center on Sunday for a double-header against Clemson and Drexel


Full Results

Penn 3, UNC-Charlotte 4

Singles
1. #84 Luca Keist (CHA) def. #61 Kyle Mautner (PENN) 6-3, 7-5
2. Ignasi de Rueda (CHA) def. Edoardo Graziani (PENN) 0-6, 6-1, 7-5
3. Benjamin Wayand (CHA) def. Kevin Zhu (PENN) 6-4, 7-6
4. Dmitry Shatalin (PENN) def. C. Christoforou (CHA) 6-1, 6-3
5. Max Cancilla (PENN) def. Oliver Sec (CHA) 1-6, 6-4, 5-4
6. Jason Hildebrandt (PENN) def. A. Garcia Moreno (CHA) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2

Doubles 
1. #26 Luca Keist/C. Christoforou (CHA) vs. Kyle Mautner/Dmitry Shatalin (PENN) 5-4, unfinished
2. Benjamin Wayand/Ignasi de Rueda (CHA) def. Kevin Zhu/Edoardo Graziani (PENN) 6-0
3. Oliver Sec/Leonardo Menezes (CHA) def. Jason Hildebrandt/Max Cancilla (PENN) 6-4

Penn 5, UNC-Wilmington 2

Singles
1. Edoardo Graziani (PENN) def. Agustin Savarino (UNCW) 6-4, 6-4
2. Kevin Zhu (PENN) def. Austin Hussey (UNCW)  4-6, 6-2, 6-2
3. Daniel Groom (UNCW) def. Dmitry Shatalin (PENN) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
4. Noah Makarome (PENN) def. Bruno Caula (UNCW) 7-6 (15-13), 6-1
5. Michael Copeland (UNCW) def. Max Cancilla (PENN) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2
6. Jason Hildebrandt (PENN) def. Davide Innocenti (UNCW) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2

Doubles 
1. Dmitry Shatalin/Edoardo Graziani (PENN) def. Cole Groetsch/Michael Copeland (UNCW) 7-6 (7-3)
2. Aleks Huryn/Robert Smithline (PENN) def. Agustin Savarino/Michael Morphy (UNCW) 7-6
3. Daniel Groom/Bruno Caula (UNCW) def. Jason Hildebrandt/Max Cancilla (PENN) 6-3

Penn 1, Duke 6

Singles
1. Nick Stachowiak (DU) def. Edoardo Graziani (PENN) 6-0, 7-6 (7-5)
2. Catalin Mateas (DU) def. Kevin Zhu (PENN) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
3. Dmitry Shatalin (PENN) def. Spencer Furman (DU) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6)
4. Sean Sculley (DU) def. Noah Makarome (PENN) 7-5, 6-2
5. Robert Levine (DU) def. Jason Hildenbrandt (PENN) 6-0, 6-1
6. Vincent Lin (DU) def. Max Cancilla (PENN) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles
1. Nick Stachowiak/Jason Lapidus (DU) def. Edoardo Graziani/Dmitry Shatalin (PENN) 6-2
2. Catalin Mateas/Sean Sculley (DU) def. Robert Smithline/Aleks Huryn (PENN) 6-1
3. Robert Levine/Spencer Furman (DU) vs. Max Cancilla/Kevin Zhu (PENN) 5-3, unfinished