Men's Tennis Takes Down Delaware 5-2

Newark, Del. - The Quakers won four singles matches and two of three doubles to come away with a hard-fought 5-2 victory against Delaware on Wednesday evening.

Penn won at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles to go ahead early on Wednesday. Freshman Nikola Kocovic and sophomore Mark Milbrandt won 9-8 (8) at No. 2 and the senior duo of Zach Gorn and Dmitry Bury finished with a 9-7 victory at No. 3.

In singles, Hicham Laalej made quick work of his opponent at No. 1, 7-5, 6-2 to put the Red and Blue up 2-0. Zach Katz earned a singles win at No. 5, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 and Jason Lin fought hard to get a three set win at No. 4 and clinch the Penn win. Lin won 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 and Kocovic closed out the Red and Blue winners at No. 3 with a tight 7-6(3), 6-7(4), 6-0 victory.

The Quakers improve to 12-3 with the victory and return to action on Saturday when they face Harvard at 12 p.m. in their home Ivy opener.

Singles:
1. Hicham Laalej (P) def. Courtney Scott (D) 7-5, 6-2
2. Troy Beneck (D) def. Phil Law (P) 6-3, 6-2
3. Nikola Kocovic (P) def.  Andre Vorobyov (D) 7-6(3), 6-7(4), 6-0
4. Jason Lin (P) def. Chris Hincker (D) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
5. Zach Katz (P) def. Jeff Marshall (D) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
6. Ryan Kent (D) def. Dmitry Bury (P) 1-6, 6-2, 6-1

Doubles:
1. Beneck/Vorobyov (D) def. Laalej/Katz (P) 8-6
2. Kocovic/Milbrandt (P) def. Scott/Hincker (D) 9-8(8)
3. Gorn/Bury (P) def. Kent/Kay (D) 9-7