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2004 Men's Tennis

Justin Lavner

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Highschool Abington Friends

Biography


2004-05 - Had a 9-9 overall singles record on the season and a 0-2 Ivy League mark ... Advanced to round of 16 at the Princeton/Farnsworth Invitational before falling 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, to Brandon Wai of Yale ... Opened the spring season with a five match winning streak, including wins over St. John's and Rutgers ... Had an 8-3 doubles record, including a 8-6 win over Akshay Rao and Ilia Shastashvili of Columbia with Brandon O'Gara in the final of the Farnsworth/Princeton Invitational ... With Jimmy Fairbanks, notched wins over UMBC and Swarthmore.


2003-04 - Opened his junior campaign with a 1-1 effort at the 2003 Farnsworth/Princeton Invitational ... Went 2-1 at the ECAC Team Tournament, defeating Dartmouth's Mark Brodie, 6-1, 6-4, and Princeton's Sratha Saengssuwarn, 7-6(4), 4-6, 1-0(8) ... Went 1-1 at the 2003 Penn Classic ... Fell in the first round of the 2003 ITA East Regional, 6-3, 6-0, to Penn State's Ryan Berger ... Won six-straight dual matches in middle of season, which included a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4) victory over Saengssuwarn (April 3) ... Teammed with Todd Lecher to go 5-2 in doubles, which included a five-match win streak to begin the spring season ... Claimed a 9-7 victory over Princeton (April 3) and blanked Army, 8-0 (April 5) ... Went 1-2 in the Ivy League ... Teammed with Anthony Pu to go 4-5 in doubles, which included a stellar 9-8(1) victory over Maryland (Feb. 27) ... Finished the Ivy League season at 1-4 and went 14-11 overall in singles.



2002-03 - Teamed with Jimmy Fairbanks to win at the No. 1 doubles spot against Rutgers (Sept. 21) ...  In his first appearance in singles play, won in three sets on the third day of ECAC competition (Oct. 6) ? Defeated Jason Yost of Swarthmore, 6-3, 6-4, for first spring dual-match victory of the season ... Bested Saint Joseph's Van Homer Pangilian, 6-4, 6-2 ... Finished off Temple's Yhonny Murray with a 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-2 win ... Teammed with Sean Montgomery to earn a win over Temple ... Paired with Jimmy Fairbanks to defeat Swarthmore ... earned high honor roll accolades.


Prior to Penn - Transfer from Emory University ... Four-year high school letterwinner in tennis ... Named team captain as a senior ... Won the Friends League Championship as a senior ... Went undefeated en route to the championship of the Friends League ... Finished the season No. 3 in Middle States section ... Played varsity basketball ... Won a gold medal at the Maccabi Games in Detroit.


Personal - Son of Stephen and Arlene Lavner ... Born Jan. 8, 1982 ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences as an English major.


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