Men's Tennis Falls 6-1 Against #10 USC

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team fell in the second match of its California Spring Break trip to #10 USC Wednesday night, 6-1

Edoardo Graziani and Jason Hildebrandt won the first doubles match of the day, 6-3, from the one position, but USC took both the second and third-flight matches to take the early point.

In singles action, USC took the first three matches to clinch the victory, later adding two more wins. Aditya Gupta wrapped the day's action with a victory at #3 singles, remaining unbeaten in dual match play, moving to 8-0, while knocking off Peter Makk, the 30th-ranked player in the latest ITA Collegiate Singles Rankings.

Up Next
Penn kicks off the San Diego Showdown tomorrow, with the University of San Diego, Washington and New Mexico. San Diego will play New Mexico at 1 PM ET, Penn will play Washington at 5 PM ET. The winners of those matches will play each other at 5 PM ET on Friday, while the losers will play each other at 1 PM ET on Friday.

Results
DOUBLES
1 – Graziani/Hildebrandt (Penn) def. Ryder Jackson/Wojtek Marek (USC) – 6-3
2 – Paul Barretto/Stefan Dostanic (USC) def. Harsh Parikh/Kevin Zhu (Penn) – 6-4
3 – Peter Makk/Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) def. Baylor Sai/Gupta (Penn) – 7-5

SINGLES
1 – #7 Dostanic (USC) def. Graziani (Penn) – 6-3, 6-2
2 – Marek (USC) def. Hildebrandt (Penn) -- 6-2, 7-5
3 – Gupta (Penn) def. #30 Makk (USC) – 6-2, 4-6, 1-0
4 – Weststrate (USC) def. Zhu (Penn) – 6-3, 6-3
5 – Jackson (USC) def. Parikh (Penn) – 7-6, 6-2
6 – Ryan Colby (USC) def. Sai (Penn) – 6-3, 6-4

Order of finish: Doubles (1, 2, 3); Singles (1, 4, 6*, 5, 2, 3)
*Match-clinching point

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Players Mentioned

Aditya Gupta: 5' 9"; Junior

Jason Hildebrandt: 6' 1"; Senior

Harsh Parikh: 6' 0"; Junior

Edoardo Graziani: 5' 11"; Junior

Kevin Zhu: 5' 11"; Junior

Baylor Sai: 6' 0"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Aditya Gupta
: 5' 9"; Junior

Jason Hildebrandt
: 6' 1"; Senior

Harsh Parikh
: 6' 0"; Junior

Edoardo Graziani
: 5' 11"; Junior

Kevin Zhu
: 5' 11"; Junior

Baylor Sai
: 6' 0"; Freshman