PHILADELPHIA- The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team split a pair of matches at the Hecht Tennis Center, Sunday afternoon. Penn fell to Delaware, 4-3, and defeated Saint Joseph's, 4-0.

The Quakers dropped the doubles point to the Blue Hens, as Delaware took the wins at No. 1 and No. 2.

As for singles, Manfredi Graziani picked up the first singles victory for Penn to even up the match at 1-1. Graziani earned the win in straight sets at No. 1. Luka Butera fell at No. 6 in straight sets as the Blue Hens took back the lead.

Baylor Sai was able to tie the match with his win at No. 4, 6-3, 6-1. Moments later, Matthew Rutter won in straight sets at No. 5 to give the lead back to the Quakers.

From there, Kian Vakili fell in three sets at No. 3, while Sandler lost a highly contested battle at No. 3, which gave Delaware the win.

Against Saint Joseph's, Penn dominated the doubles portion of the match. Vakili and Sandler picked up the 6-0 win at No. 1, while Goodman and Butera earned the 6-2 victory at No. 3 to pick up the doubles point.

In singles action, with Vakili playing at No. 1, he set the tone with a 6-3, 6-1 win to extend Penn's lead, 2-0. At No. 3 Sai picked up his second singles win of the day with a 6-1, 6-1 performance.

Butera sealed the deal for the Quakers with a 6-0, 6-0 domination at No. 5.

Up Next
Penn will be back in action next weekend, hosting the ECAC Indoor Championship from February 16-18, at the Hecht Tennis Center.

Results vs Delaware

DOUBLES

1. Karol Malirz/Javier Ruiz (DEL) def. #41 Kian Vakili/Aaron Sandler (P) 6-2
2. Tobey Lock/Euan Mackenzie (DEL) def. Matthew Rutter/Baylor Sai (P) 6-4
3. Manfredi Graziani/Luka Butera (P) vs. Nikolaj Talimaa/Mason Robins (DEL) 5-3 DNF

Order of finish: 1,2,3
 
SINGLES

1. Manfredi Graziani (P) def. Karol Malirz (DEL) 6-2, 6-1
2. Nikolaj Talimaa (DEL) def. Kian Vakili (P) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
3. Javier Ruiz (DEL) def. Aaron Sandler (P) 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4)
4. Baylor Sai (P) def. Tobey Lock (DEL) 6-3, 6-1
5. Matthew Rutter (P) def. Euan Mackenzie (DEL) 6-3, 6-4
6. Alexandre Gluck (DEL) def. Luka Butera (P) 6-0, 6-1

Order of finish:1,6,4,5,2,3
 
Results vs Saint Joseph's

DOUBLES

1. #41 Kian Vakili/Aaron Sandler (P) def. Ernesto Ruy/Othman Bezzaz (SJU) 6-0
2. Matthew Rutter/Baylor Sai (P) vs. Justus Agbo/Stergios Achilleas Papadopoulos (SJU) 5-2 DNF
3. Tal Goodman/Luka Butera (P) def. Jack Campbell/Mark Rubin (SJU) 6-2

Order of finish: 1,3,2
SINGLES

1. Kian Vakili (P) def. Justus Agbo (SJU) 6-3, 6-1
2. Aaron Sandler (P) vs Ernesto Ruy (SJU) 6-4, 1-0 DNF
3. Baylor Sai (P) def. Othman Bezzaz (SJU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Matthew Rutter (P) vs Stergios Achilleas Papadopoulos (SJU) 6-0, 4-1 DNF
5. Luka Butera (P) def. Jack Campbell (SJU) 6-0, 6-0
6. Tal Goodman (P) vs Mark Rubin (SJU) 6-3, 4-0 DNF

Order of finish: 1,2,3,4,5,6