FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (February 25, 2024) – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis team fell to No. 23 Kenyon 7-2 Sunday on day two of the Mary Washington Invitational.

The Ducs leave Virginia 1-2, as they took down Shenandoah 7-2 yesterday, while also losing to No. 37 Mary Washington 7-2.

On the singles side, senior Andrew He and junior Olof Persson picked up a three-set win. He won the first and third sets on the third line, while Persson won the second and third on line six. Sophomore Max-William Kanz and first-year Andhare Samvid each lost in three sets.

The Ducks got swept in doubles. Persson and senior Aashi Kulakarni forced a tiebreak in their match on line one, but lost 11-9 in that tiebreak.

With the loss, Stevens is now 0-7 all-time against Kenyon. Every matchup between the teams has been at a neutral site.
 

The Rundown

Paulo Pocasangre/Eliezer Gonzalez (KEN) def. Olof Persson/Aashi Kulakarni (SIOT), 8-7 (11-9)
Alejandro Gomez/Eric Zhang (KEN) def. Vivek Harinarayan/Max-William Kanz (SIOT), 8-3
Christophe Leblanc/Gianluca Bocanegra (KEN) def. Sebastian Wroe/Andhare Samvid (SIOT), 8-4

SINGLES

Paulo Pocasangre (KEN) def. Aashi Kulakarni (SIOT), 6-4, 6-2
Alejandro Gonzalez (SHEN) def. Sebastian Wroe (SIOT), 6-3, 6-3
Andrew He (SIOT) def. Gianluca Bocanegra (KEN), 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
Eliezer Gonzalez (KEN) def. Max-William Kanz (SIOT), 3-6, 6-4, 10-8
Eric Zhang (KEN) def. Andhare Samvid (SIOT), 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
Olof Persson (SIOT) def. Christophe Leblanc (KEN), 4-6, 6-4, 6-3

Around the MAC Freedom

• Lebanon Valley vs. Wilkes 12 p.m.

Up Next

• The Ducks take on No. 22 Carnegie Mellon on Friday, March 1 at Swarthmore. The match starts at 3 p.m. Appropriate links will be posted to stevensducks.com

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