Drexel Men's Tennis Edges Morgan State, 4-3

Saturday, February 10

Riverwinds Tennis Complex

2:30 pm

Drexel University

Morgan State

2/12/2007 8:37:20 AM | Men's Tennis

West Deptford, N.J. –Drexel men's tennis defeated Morgan State, 4-3, in a non-conference tennis match held at Riverwinds Tennis Club in West Deptford, N.J. The Dragons won two of the three doubles matches and first, third and fourth singles matches.

No. 1 singles player Omar Laleej won in straight sets over Morgan State's Joaquim Turley, 6-2, 6-1. At No. 3 singles Carlo Pangilinan lost just one game in his match to Matthew Townes while Ayushya Wadhwan topped Juan Ortiz, 7-6 (4), 6-1.

The Dragons return to the court on Sunday, Feb. 18 for a match against St. Peter's. The first match will begin at noon.

Results
Drexel 4, Morgan State 3
Doubles:
No. 1 Laalej and Wadhwan (D) def. Turley and Townes, 8-4
No. 2 Pangilinan and Clare (D) def. Ortiz and Ortiz, 8-5
No. 3 Mhembere and Campbell (M) def. Popovice and Parikh, 8-4
Singles:
No. 1 Laalej (D) def. Turley, 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 Mhembere (M) def. Koebele, 6-7 (2), 6-4
No. 3 Pangilinan (D) def. Townes, 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 Wadhwan (D) def. J. Ortiz, 7-6 (4), 6-1
No. 5 M. Ortiz (M) def. Clare, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 Campbell (M) def. Popovice, 6-3, 6-4