PHILADELPHIA- The 57th-ranked University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team dropped its 4-2 match to Princeton Saturday evening to begin Ivy League play.

The Quakers secured the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2. On court two, Manfredi Graziani/Parashar Bharadwaj secured a 6-2 win over Landon Ardila/Ellis Short. Princeton's Sebastian Sec/Alan Kam earned a win over Baylor Sai/Matthew Rutter on court three, as the doubles point came down to court one.

Aaron Sandler/Kian Vakili then defeated Paul Inchauspe/Filippos Astreinidis 7-6 to give the Red and Blue the 1-0 lead.

In singles play, Fnu Nidunjianzan picked up a 6-1, 6-4 win over Vakili at No. 2 to even the match 1-1. The Tigers jumped ahead to a 2-1 lead after Ardilla defeated Sandler 6-4, 6-3 at No. 4.

Rutter tied the match 2-2 with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Short at No. 5 to account for Penn's lone singles win of the day.

At No. 1, Graziani fell to Inchauspe 7-5, 6-3, which gave Princeton the 3-2 edge.

Although Sai took set one, Sec took the next two sets to secure the match at No. 4

Among matches that did not finish, Bharadwaj and Kam were tied at one set apiece at No. 6 when the match was halted.

The Quakers led after grabbing the doubles point, but the Tigers took four singles matches in route to the win.

Up Next
Penn will continue Ivy League play when the Quakers travel to Ithaca to take on No. 31 Cornell. First serve is slated for 1:00 p.m. on Friday, April 5.

Results

DOUBLES
1. Kian Vakili/Aaron Sandler (Penn) def. No. 18 Paul Inchauspe/Filippos Astreinidis (Prin) 7-6
2. Manfredi Graziani/Parashar Bharadwaj (Penn) def. Ellis Short/Landon Ardila (Prin) 6-2
3. Sebastian Sec/Alan Kam (Prin) def. Matthew Rutter/Baylor Sai (Penn) 6-2 
 
SINGLES
1. No. 49 Paul Inchauspe (Prin) def. Manfredi Graziani (Penn) 7-5, 6-3
2. Fnu Nidunjianzan (Prin) def. Kian Vakili (Penn) 6-1, 6-4
3. Sebastian Sec (Prin) def. Baylor Sai (Penn) 6-7, 6-0, 6-1
4. Landon Ardila (Prin) def. Aaron Sandler (Penn) 6-4, 6-3
5.Matthew Rutter (Penn) def. Ellis Short (Prin) 6-2, 6-4
6. Alan Kam (Prin) vs. Parashar Bharadwaj (Penn) 6-3, 6-7, DNF