PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team is heading up to New York City to face off against Cornell on Saturday. The team is coming off a strong week, winning three straight matches and improving to 9-3 on the season. The Quakers began the week with a 4-1 win over Yale on Wednesday. Then Penn swept South Florida and Florida Atlantic on Saturday and Sunday at the Hecht Tennis Center. Penn looks to extend the win streak to four this weekend against the Big Red. 

 

 

* Penn won two of three doubles matches and three of four singles matches against Yale. 

 

* The doubles team of Manfredi Graziani and Aaron Sandler took down Yale's #88 Vignesh Gogineni and Edward Liao with a 6-4 score. Vojtech Vales and Shaurya Bharadwaj also claimed a doubles win against the Bulldogs, 6-1. 

 

* Penn swept South Florida in singles and won two of three doubles for the program's first ever win over USF. 

 

* Manfredi Graziani and Aaron Sandler had another victory against a ranked doubles team defeating South Florida's #45 Hugo Car and Ettore Danesi again with a 6-4 score. 

 

* Luka Butera had an impressive showing taking down South Florida's #82 Elijah Cham in 2 sets. 

 

* Penn swept FAU in singles and won two of three doubles matches.  

 

*  Manfredi Graziani and Aaron Sandler once again took down a ranked opponent in #82 Mark Havlicek and Marek Pazdera.  Vojtech Vales and Shaurya Bharadwaj also once again saw success in doubles. 

 

* In singles Manfredi Graziani, Luka Butera, and Vojtech Vales all won singles matches against FAU. 

 

* In the latest ITA rankings, Graziani and Sandler were ranked No. 2 in the nation in doubles, the highest raking in program history. Penn was ranked No. 32 in the team rankings, and Graziani was ranked No. 52 in singles.