LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team's Spring Break trip through California continues Wednesday with an afternoon match against UCLA.
The Quakers are coming off a 4-1 loss against #38 Pepperdine on Sunday in San Diego.
#49 Penn vs. #34 UCLA – Wednesday, 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT
Series Information
All-time series: First meeting
Previewing Penn
Then-#41 Penn dropped the opening match of its California trip, falling to then-#45 Pepperdine on Sunday, 4-1.
Manfredi Graziani picked up a three-set win in singles play to get the Quakers their point.
The freshman has a team-best seven wins this season.
Aditya Gupta and
Kevin Zhu were both in the third sets of their matches when play was halted.
Graziani's win was his team-best seventh of the Spring, breaking a tie with Gupta. The doubles team of
Edoardo Graziani and
Kevin Zhu remained 5-0 this Spring, with their match being halted once Pepperdine clinched the early point
Previewing UCLA
The Bruins are 5-2 with two 4-0 losses to #8 USC the only blemishes on their schedule this Spring.
Alexander Hoogmartens is 4-0 at #1 singles and ranked #41 in the latest ITA Singles rankings. Patrick Zahraj is 5-0, having played at the No. 1-through-No. 4 spots in the lineup at least one time each. Azuma Visaya is 4-0 between the No. 4 and No. 5 spots.
UCLA's three main doubles teams are all 3-1 this Spring, led by Giacomo Revelli and Zahraj at No. 1, followed by Hoogmartens and Timothy Li 3-1 at No. 2, and Jeffrey Fradkin and Aadarsh Tripathi at No. 3.
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