Signature wins: The Haverford College men's tennis team had plenty a big wins during an 11 match winning streak this past spring. The Fords racked up some of those victories with a pair of wins against Division I opponents Sacred Heart (W, 4-3) and La Salle (W, 8-1). Haverford also topped Division II University of the Sciences (W, 6-3) and nationally-ranked Franklin & Marshall (W, 6-3) throughout the regular season. The win against the then-No. 29 Diplomats guaranteed the Fords their 10th trip to the Centennial Conference semifinals in the last 11 seasons by virtue of earning a top three seed. Those wins all came as part of a 13-4 campaign which was the team's most wins since the 2007 season.
Season notes: Haverford went 13-4 overall with a 7-2 record during Centennial Conference play … The Fords' 13 wins were the most since the 2007 season … Haverford has now won at least 11 matches in each of the past five seasons, accomplishing that feat for the first time since the 1991-95 campaigns … Haverford's 11 match winning streak during the season tied for the fifth longest in program history … Haverford finished the year ranked No. 11 in the ITA Atlantic South Regional poll after being ranked as high as No. 10 throughout the regular season … Four players reached at least 10 singles victories this year … Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year Josh Moskovitz and senior Zack Mason each led the team with 11 singles wins … Haverford's All-Centennial Conference doubles pairing of seniors Luis Acaba and Harrison Elbert finished with a team-best nine wins together … Luis Acaba finished his career as a three-time first-team All-Centennial Conference player in singles after earning rookie of the year and second-team honors as a freshman … Josh Moskovitz was Haverford's second Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year in the past four years (Acaba) … Dais Nakayama earned honorable mention All-CC recognition in singles after second-team honors last spring … Elbert and Acaba earned first-team All-Centennial Conference recognition in doubles for the second straight season together … Acaba was also named All-Centennial Conference in doubles three times, including first-team nods with Elbert the past two seasons.
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