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Men's Tennis Finishes ITA Southeast Regional on a High Note

Men's Tennis Finishes ITA Southeast Regional on a High Note

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – The Haverford College men's tennis team found great success on the second day of the ITA Southeast Regional as all five of the singles players remaining on Sunday finished their tournaments with victories. In doubles, the Fords also had a pairing reach the flight finals of the B draws.

After losing to ranked players in the championship bracket, Dais Nakayama and Kevin Yan went a perfect 2-0 in their respective consolation rounds on Sunday. Nakayama recorded a straight set win over his opponent from Christopher Newport before an 8-3 win against his Bridgewater College foe. Yan doubled up his first opponent from Virginia Wesleyan before a walkover win against Swarthmore's John Larkin.

In B1 singles, Eli Phelps dropped his first match of the day against Carnegie Mellon before storming back with an 8-2 win against Salisbury's Michael Hudson. Both Raja Arul and Ishaan Prinz dropped their first match of B2 singles, but finished their tournaments with wins in the consolation.

In doubles, Rob Kresch and Arnav Patodia allowed just five games in their three wins to reach the B1 doubles championship match. However, their first collegiate action came to a close at the hands of Franklin & Marshall's doubles team.

Men's tennis has now completed action for the weekend at the ITA Tournament. Be sure to check back with HaverfordAthletics.com for the official release of the men's 2017 dual schedule.

Josh Moskovitz – Championship singles
Round of 64: won vs. Colt Williamson (Salisbury), 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (8)
Round of 32: lost vs. No. 2 Daniel Levine (Carnegie Mellon), 6-1, 6-4

Dais Nakayama – Championship singles
Round of 64: lost vs. No. 9 Jeremy Dublin (Johns Hopkins), 6-0, 6-0
Consolation 1: won vs. Nicholas Ruzicka (Christopher Newport), 7-5, 6-3
Consolation 2: won vs. Kyle Hartfield (Bridgewater College), 8-3

Kevin Yan – Championship singles
Round of 64: lost vs. No. 5 Michael Rozenvasser (Carnegie Mellon), 6-3, 6-1
Consolation 1: won vs. Kenneth Downing (Virginia Wesleyan), 8-4
Consolation 2: won vs. John Larkin (Swarthmore), walkover

Eli Phelps – B1 singles
Round of 16: lost vs. Kiril Kirkov (Carnegie Mellon), 8-4
Consolation 1: won vs. Michael Hudson (Salisbury), 8-2

Raja Arul – B2 singles
Round of 16: lost vs. Kelson Weber (Salisbury), 8-3
Consolation 1: won vs. Theodore Apt (Franklin & Marshall), 8-6

Ishaan Prinz – B2 singles
Round of 16: lost vs. James Wright (Averett), 8-5
Consolation 1: won vs. Ryan Berry (Mary Washington), walkover

David Kong/Kevin Yan – Championship doubles
Round of 64: lost vs. Nicholas Calzolano/Mark Prettyman (Carnegie Mellon), 8-5
Consolation 1: bye
Consolation 2: lost Matthew Moody/Michael Moody (Hampden-Sydney), 8-1

Josh Moskovitz/Dais Nakayama – Championship doubles
Round of 64: bye
Round of 32: Lost vs. Max Oberholtzer/Paul Vecchio (Ursinus), 8-5

Rob Kresch/Arnav Patodia – B1 doubles
Round of 16: won vs. Kyle Hartfield/Emmett Johnson (Bridgewater), 8-2
Quarterfinals: won vs. James Hahn/Michael Song (Swarthmore), 8-3
Semifinals: won vs. Courtney Murphy/Jon White (Wilkes), walkover
Championship: lost vs. Inigo Flores/Jack Rothman (Franklin & Marshall), 8-3