Liberty Takes 4 Matches From Yale at Day 2 of Penn Invitational
9/16/2023 4:55:00 PM | Men's Tennis
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Liberty men's tennis team was edged out by Yale on the second day of the Penn Invitational on Saturday morning. Yale triumphed in five of nine total matches.
The Flames took two of three doubles matches but secured just two of the seven singles matches, won by Thando Longwe-Smit and Chase Robinson.
Liberty owns a 13-6 overall match record (4-2 doubles, 9-5 singles) across the first two days of the tournament. On the first day of the event, Liberty posted a perfect 7-0 singles mark and 2-1 doubles record against Navy.
The Flames secured doubles victories from the pairs of Rafael Marques Da Silva and Thando Longwe-Smit (6-4) and Chase Robinson/Matija Samardzic (7-5).
Thoughts from Head Coach Derek Schwandt
"We are thankful for the strong competition today. We took away a lot of things that we want to improve on, and we have another opportunity to compete tomorrow."
Key Stats and Notes
The third and final day of the Penn Invitational will commence on Sunday. The time and opponent is yet to be determined.
The Flames took two of three doubles matches but secured just two of the seven singles matches, won by Thando Longwe-Smit and Chase Robinson.
Liberty owns a 13-6 overall match record (4-2 doubles, 9-5 singles) across the first two days of the tournament. On the first day of the event, Liberty posted a perfect 7-0 singles mark and 2-1 doubles record against Navy.
The Flames secured doubles victories from the pairs of Rafael Marques Da Silva and Thando Longwe-Smit (6-4) and Chase Robinson/Matija Samardzic (7-5).
Thoughts from Head Coach Derek Schwandt
"We are thankful for the strong competition today. We took away a lot of things that we want to improve on, and we have another opportunity to compete tomorrow."
Key Stats and Notes
- The doubles duo of Marques Da Silva and Longwe-Smit are 2-0 at the Penn Invitational after they topped Yale's Vignesh Gogineni and Eric Li 6-4.
- Liberty's pairing of Robinson and Samardzic secured the first doubles victory of their collegiate careers, taking down Dylan Tsoi and Luke Neal 7-5.
- Two Flames, Longwe-Smit and Robinson, secured a 2-0 record on Saturday.
- Longwe-Smit earned a singles victory over Luke Neal 6-2, 6-1.
- Robinson grabbed a win by defeating Aidan Reilly 6-2, 6-1. Robinson improves to 3-1 overall after two days at the Penn Invitational.
- Marques Da Silva was taken down by Eric Li after playing to a first set tiebreaker, 7-6 (1), 6-1.
- Luis Felipe Miguel dropped his match to Ji 6-2, 6-4.
- Deji Thomas-Smith was defeated by Vignesh Gogineni 6-1, 6-2.
- True freshman Samardzic was topped by Dylan Tsoi 6-2, 6-1.
The third and final day of the Penn Invitational will commence on Sunday. The time and opponent is yet to be determined.
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