The men’s tennis team continued its early success by winning Vanderbilt on Saturday, Jan 28. The Waves, (No. 12) defeated Commodores, ranked No. 36, in doubles as well as in singles matches.
“We had worked very hard in the last year to be able to host the qualifying for the national indoors in Virginia,” junior Mousheg Hovhannisyan said.
In doubles, junior Finn Tearney and senior Alex Llompart crashed Charlie Jones and Jeff Offerdahl (8-3) in an action packed match.
Hugh Clarke and Mousheg Hovhannisyan battled game-for-game against Anton Kovrigin and Gonzales Austin, but eventually lost after several intense attacks from their opponents. Junior Sebastian Fanselow and senior Jenson Turner defeated Alex DiValerio and Joe Dorn, out scoring Commodores on three points.
In singles, No. 35 Finn Tearney defeated No. 87 Charlie Jones, after several brilliant sets (6-2, 2-6, 10-7).
Especially successful was the performance of junior Mousheg Hovhannisyan whose victory over Joe Dorn helped the Waves catch up on the missed points.
“As for all the great matches that will come for us, I feel very confident about our team,” Hovhannisyan said. “We have been through a lot in the past season with the post-season ban not being able to play the NCAA championship, so we are very hungry to play this year. With four seniors, we want to make their last year a memorable year.”
“We have Ohio State and Kentucky to play against this coming weekend at their homes indoors,” he added. “It will be a great opportunity to get into the top-five in the nation, and also a great preparation for the national indoors a few weeks from now. It feels amazing to be back on the court playing with my teammate and doing what we love.”
