Orlando, Fla. – The 42nd-ranked University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team fell to UCF on Monday morning, 4-0 in Orlando.

The Quakers are now 10-6 and 2-3 on the road.

In doubles play, UCF picked up wins at No. 2 as Lleyton Cronje/Liam Branger defeated Manfredi Graziani/Parashar Bharadwaj, and at No. 1 Yassine Dlimi/Paul Colin powered past Aaron Sandler/Kian Vakili to secure the doubles point. At No. 3, the pairing of Baylor Sai and Matthew Rutter were ahead in their match, 5-3, when it was halted.

In singles action, Dlimi handled Graziani 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1. Branger defeated Sai in straight sets at No. 4 to extend the lead to 3-0 for the Knights.

At No. 3, Cronje and Sandler went back and forth in set one, with Cronje earning the 7-5 win, but in game two Cronje blew past Sandler 6-0, securing the 4-0 victory.

Among matches that did not finish, Vakili was in game four of the second set at No. 2, Rutter was in the seventh game of his second set at No. 5, and at No. 6, Bharadwaj was in the tenth game of the second set.

Up Next
Penn will remain in Florida, as the Quakers will take on Miami on Thursday afternoon at 2:00 p.m.

Results

DOUBLES
 1. Yassine Dlimi/Paul Colin (UCF) def. Aaron Sandler/Kian Vakili (PENN) 6-2
2. Lleyton Cronje/Liam Branger (UCF) def. Manfredi Graziani/Parashar Bharadwaj (PENN) 6-2
3. Mehdi Benchakroun/Francisco Llanes (UCF) vs. Matthew Rutter/Baylor Sai (PENN) 3-5, DNF

SINGLES
1. Yassine Dlimi (UCF) def. Manfredi Graziani (PENN) 6-1, 6-2
2. Kian Vakili (PENN) VS Francisco Llanes (UCF) 7-6 (7-2), 2-2, DNF
3. Lleyton Cronje (UCF) def. Aaron Sandler (PENN) 7-5, 6-0
4. Liam Branger (UCF) def. Baylor Sai (PENN) 6-3, 6-1
 5. Mehdi Benchakroun (UCF) vs. Matthew Rutter (PENN) 6-3, 5-2, DNF
6. Paul Colin (UCF) vs. Parashar Bharadwaj (PENN) 6-1, 5-5, DNF