Men's Tennis | February 16, 2018
PHILADELPHIA - Freshman
Colin Lucius picked up the first dual singles victory of his collegiate career for the La Salle men's tennis team, who fell to local opponent Drexel, 6-1, on Thursday.
Lucius picked up an 8-3 win at the No. 6 single position, defeating Vuk Subotic. In other singles action, junior
Francesco Mowrey won the first set of his match against Balaji Lakshmanan, but ultimately lost a tough three-set match.
The Dragons earned four straight-set wins in singles and swept all three doubles matches to improve to 4-3 on the year.
La Salle continues the year on Saturday, Feb. 17 against Lafayette.
Drexel 6, La Salle 1
Philadelphia, Pa.
Doubles
Hamza Laalej/Sinan Orhon (DREX) def.
Francesco Mowrey/
Tomas Christian (LAS), 7-6 (3)
Balaji Lakshmanan Sanil Jagtiani (DREX) def. by
Connor Merrill/
Rogelio Gonzalez (LAS), 6-4
Xandy Hammitt/Youssef Lahlou (DREX) def.
Colin Lucius/
Patrick Pascual (LAS), 6-2
Singles
Balaji Lakshmanan (DREX) def.
Francesco Mowrey (LAS), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Hamza Laalej (DREX) def.
Tomas Christian (LAS), 6-0, 6-2
Sanil Jagtiani (DREX) def.
Rogelio Gonzalez (LAS), 6-1, 7-5
Youssef Lahlou (DREX) def.
Connor Merrill (LAS), 6-0, 6-3
Xandy Hammitt (DREX) def.
Joe DiOrio (LAS), 6-1, 6-2
Colin Lucius (LAS) def. Vuk Subotic (DREX), 8-3
