Knoxville, Tenn. – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team dropped the opening match of the spring season to #6 Tennessee, 7-0, on Saturday morning.

The Quakers dropped the doubles point with the Vols winning at No. 1 and No. 3. The No. 2 match featured #56 Kian Vakili and Aaron Sandler who defeated Angel Diaz and Chris Li to earn the lone victory for Penn throughout the day.

In singles action, Tennessee grabbed a 3-0 lead with straight-set wins at No. 3 and No 1. Filip Pieczonka then secured the victory for the Vols after picking up the straight-set win at No. 5 against Parashar Bharadwaj.

Sandler was able to conclude his match against Younes Lalami, where Lalami grabbed another straight-set victory for the Vols. To close out matches that were completed, Filip Apltauer defeated Matthew Rutter in straight sets.

Among the matches that did not finish, Baylor Sai was four games into the second set of his match at No. 4.

Up Next
Penn is back in action tomorrow morning, taking on Furman at the Goodfriend Tennis Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Results

DOUBLES
1. #34 Filip Pieczonka/Shunsuke Mitsui (Tenn) def. Manfredi Graziani/Zachery Lim (P) 7-5
2. #56 Kian Vakili/Aaron Sandler (P) def. Angel Diaz/Chris Li (Tenn) 6-3
3. Johannus Monday/Younes Lalami (Tenn) def. Matthew Rutter/Parashar Bharadwaj (P) 6-1

SINGLES
1. #20 Johannus Monday (Tenn) def. Manfredi Graziani (P) 6-4, 6-2
2. Younes Lalami (Tenn) def. Aaron Sandler (P) 6-2, 6-3
3. #33 Shunsuke Mitsui (Tenn) def. Kian Vakili (P) 6-1, 6-3
4. Chris Li (Tenn) def. Baylor Sai (P) 7-6 (7-0), 3-1, RET [Inj]
5. Filip Pieczonka (Tenn) def. Parashar Bharadwaj (P) 6-3, 6-2
6. Filip Apltauer (Tenn) def. Matthew Rutter (P) 6-3, 6-3