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#30 men's tennis suffers first two losses of season to #18 Redlands and #6 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

REDLANDS and CLAREMONT, California - The 30th-ranked Brandeis University men's tennis team suffered their first defeat of the season on Friday afternoon at the hands of #18 Redlands by a 7-2 score. The Judges fall to 3-1 on the season, while the Bulldogs improved to 3-1. The Judges proceeded to fall to #6 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps the next afternoon with a much closer score of 5-4.

HOW IT HAPPENED- REDLANDS

  • The Judges went down 0-3 after doubles, then won 2 of 6 singles matches against the Bulldogs.
  • The closest doubles match was at No. 2, where rookie David Aizenberg (Highland Park, Ill./Highland Park) and sophomore Tyler Ng(Great Neck, N.Y./Great Neck South) dropped an 8-6 decision to Brad Cummins and Chase Lipscomb of Redlands.
  • Although all the matches were close, senior Brian Granoff (Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep) at No. 3 and sophomore Tyler Ng (Great Neck, N.Y./Great Neck South) at No. 4 were the only ones to win. Granoff pulled it out in 3 sets 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 while Ng toughed it out to win in a third-set super-tiebreaker 7-5, 5-7, 10-5. 
  • Seniors Michael Arguello (Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood) at No. 1 and Ryan Bunis (Cincinnati, Ohio/Groton-Dunstable, Mass.) at No. 2 had close matches, falling 6-4, 6-4 and 6-3, 7-6 (11-9) respectively.

HOW IT HAPPENED- CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS

  • Brandeis took a 2-1 lead after doubles, then won 2 of 6 singles matches.
  • Seniors Michael Arguello (Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood) and Ryan Bunis (Cincinnati, Ohio/Groton-Dunstable, Mass.) took an 8-6 win at the top spot.
  • Rookie David Aizenberg (Highland Park, Ill./Highland Park) and sophomore Tyler Ng (Great Neck, N.Y./Great Neck South) won 8-5 at No. 2.
  • Senior Brian Granoff (Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep) at No. 3 and sophomore Jackson Kogan (Pacific Palisades, Calif. / Windward School) at No. 5 both pulled out 3 set wins. Granoff pulled it out 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4 while Kogan won 5-7, 6-4, 6-2. 
  • Granoff went 4-0 in singles action in California.

UP NEXT

  • The Judges have a home match on March 4th against Stevens Tech at 1pm.
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Players Mentioned

David Aizenberg

David Aizenberg

First-year
Michael Arguello

Michael Arguello

Senior
Ryan Bunis

Ryan Bunis

Senior
Brian Granoff

Brian Granoff

Senior
Jackson Kogan

Jackson Kogan

6' 0"
Sophomore
Tyler Ng

Tyler Ng

Sophomore

Players Mentioned

David Aizenberg

David Aizenberg

First-year
Michael Arguello

Michael Arguello

Senior
Ryan Bunis

Ryan Bunis

Senior
Brian Granoff

Brian Granoff

Senior
Jackson Kogan

Jackson Kogan

6' 0"
Sophomore
Tyler Ng

Tyler Ng

Sophomore
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