Men's Tennis Sweeps Navy For Third Straight Win To Start Spring

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team picked up its third straight win to start the spring season, 7-0, over Navy on Saturday from the Hecht Tennis Center.

The Quakers dropped their first doubles match of the season, but still picked up the early point thanks to wins by the teams of Harsh Parikh/Kevin Zhu and Aditya Gupta/Zach Smith; Gupta/Smith moved to 3-0 during the spring with their win.

In singles action, Gupta and Parikh each moved to 3-0, playing at #1 and #2, respectively, for the first time this season. Gupta dropped the first set, but rallied for the win. Kevin Zhu picked up a straight set win at #3, as did Tal Goodman at #6 in his first match of the season. Both Zach Smith and Baylor Sai picked up three-set wins to help the Quakers close out the sweep. Sai took the first and third sets of his match; Smith dropped the first set before rallying for the win, taking the third set 11-9, his second straight three-set singles match.

Up Next
Penn is back in action against Wisconsin from Hecht on Sunday, February 13, with first serve scheduled for 12 PM.

DOUBLES
1 -- Parikh/Zhu (P) def. Thompson/Panyan (N) 7-5
2 -- McBride/Fishkin (N) def. Baylor Sai/Tal Goodman (P) 6-3
3 -- Gupta/Smith (P) over Pak/McLeod (N) 6-2

SINGLES
1 -- Gupta (P) def. Thompson (N) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
2 -- Parikh (P) def. McBride (N) 6-3, 6-1
3 -- Zhu (P) def. Fishkin (N) 6-3, 7-5
4 -- Smith (P) def. Panyan (N) 5-7, 6-3, 11-9
5 -- Sai (P) def. Kjellberg (N) 7-6, 3-6, 10-8
6 -- Goodman (P) def. Pak (N) 6-1, 6-3

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Players Mentioned

Aditya Gupta: 5' 9"; Junior

Harsh Parikh: 6' 0"; Junior

Zach Smith: 6' 4"; Junior

Kevin Zhu: 5' 11"; Junior

Tal Goodman: 5' 8"; Freshman

Baylor Sai: 6' 0"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Aditya Gupta
: 5' 9"; Junior

Harsh Parikh
: 6' 0"; Junior

Zach Smith
: 6' 4"; Junior

Kevin Zhu
: 5' 11"; Junior

Tal Goodman
: 5' 8"; Freshman

Baylor Sai
: 6' 0"; Freshman