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Men's Tennis Welcomes Back Alumni

Men's Tennis Welcomes Back Alumni

HAVERFORD, Pa. – The Haverford College men's tennis team welcomed back 21 alumni to take part in the team's annual Alumni Match this past Saturday.

For just the second time in the Alumni Match's 19-year history, the current varsity and alumni teams ended the day in a draw. Each side claimed 14 wins combined across singles and doubles action for the deadlocked team score. With the latest result in the annual match, the alumni team maintains a 10-7 edge - on top of the two tied matches.

Alumni participating in Saturday's matches included: Marc Adelberg '08, Ankur Arya '12, Andy Bickford '92, Alex Buxbaum '09, Matthew Cebul '13, John Cummings '14, Johannes Ejigu '15, Santiago Gilford '93, Ben Greenfield '06, Danny Himelstein '13, Robert Homan '14, Josh Lederman '15, Dave Merrill '09, Jeff Monhait '09, Bruce Nisbet '95, Matt Romei '14, Rafi Small '15, Robert Swift '68, Elmar Trust '07, Ken Volk '12, Hailiu Yang '11

Varsity 14, Alumni 14

Doubles
1: Alex Buxbaum '09/Bruce Nisbet '95 (A) def. Luis Acaba/Harrison Elbert (V), 8-5
2: Dais Nakayama/Josh Moskowitz (V) def. Matthew Cebul '13/Matt Romei '14 (A), 8-3
3: Marc Adelberg '08/Elmar Trust '07 (A) def. Eli Phelps/Ishaan Prinz (V), walkover
4: Ben Soloway/Nick Sweeney (V) def. Andy Bickford '92/Santiago Gilford '93 (A), 8-5
5: Zack Mason/Kevin Xu (V) def. Danny Himelstein '13/Jeff Monhait '09 (A), 8-1
6: John Cummings '14/Robert Homan '14 (A) def. Caleb Mayer/Andy Linden (V), 8-2
7: Ankur Arya '12/Robert Swift '68 (A) def. Matt Buczek/Dhario DeSousa (V), 8-3
8: Jason Hirsch/William Sperry (V) def. Josh Lederman '15/Johannes Ejigu '15 (A), 8-3
9: Ken Volk '12/Rafi Small '15 (A) def. Yancheng Dai/Ben Horwitz (V), 8-2

Singles
1: Luis Acaba (V) vs. Bruce Nisbet '95 (A), 6-4, 6-0
2: Dais Nakayama (V) def. Alex Buxbaum '09 (A), 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (5)
3: Matt Romei '14 (A) def. Harrison Elbert (V), 1-6, 6-1, 1-0 (5)
4: Josh Moskovitz (V) vs. Hailiu Yang '11 (A), 6-1, 6-2
5: Zack Mason (V) def. Elmar Trust '07 (A), 6-3, 6-1
6: Ishaan Prinz (V) def. Matthew Cebul '13 (A), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
7: Eli Phelps (V) def. John Cummings '14 (A), 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (5)
8: Nick Sweeney (V) def. Marc Adelberg '08 (A), 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8)
9: Santiago Guilford '93 (A) def. Ben Soloway (V), 6-4, 7-5
10: Caleb Mayer (V) vs. Andy Bickford '92 (A), 6-4, 6-3
11: Kevin Xu (V) def. Robert Homan '14 (A), 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (2)
12: Dhario DeSousa (V) def. Johannes Ejigu '15 (A), 6-2, 6-1
13: Jeff Monhait '09 (A) def. Jason Hirsch (V), 6-3, 6-1
14: Josh Lederman '15 (A) def. Andy Linden (V), 6-4, 7-6 (5)
15: Ken Volk '12 (A) def. Matt Buczek (V), 6-1, 6-1
16: Ben Greenfield '06 (A) def. Ben Horwitz (V), 6-1, 6-1
17: Rafi Small '15 (A) def. Brad Studnitzer (V), 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (9)
18: Dave Merrill '09 (A) def. Yancheng Dai (V), 6-1, 6-1
19: Ankur Arya '12 (A) def. Ben Horwitz (V), 8-1