Claremont, Calif. – The Gustavus Adolphus men’s tennis team saw its eight-match winning-streak come to an end with a 7-2 loss to No. 14 Williams College on Tuesday afternoon at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center located on the campus of Claremont-Mudd Scripps. The Ephs swept doubles before picking up wins at the No. 3 through No. 6 singles positions. Mohanad Al-Houni (Fr., Tripoli, Libya) earned a 6-0, 6-0 win over Alex Schidlovsky at No. 1, and Motasem Al-Houni (Sr., Tripoli, Libya) swept Conrad Harron 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 for Gustavus’s two points.
The Gustavus men’s tennis team’s spring training trip to southern California continues on Friday, April 3 with a 10:00 a.m. match against No. 4 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges. The Gusties will cap the weekend with a 9:30 a.m. match against the top-ranked team in Division III, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, on Saturday, April 4. Both matches will be contested in Claremont.
Singles Competition
1. Mohanad Al-Houni (GAC) def. Schidlovsky, Alex (WILLIAMS) 6-0, 6-0
2. Motasem Al-Houni (GAC) def. Harron, Conrad (WILLIAMS) 6-0, 6-0
3. Shastri, Rohan (WILLIAMS) def. Brad Entwistle (GAC) 6-4, 6-2
4. Grodecki, Brian (WILLIAMS) def. Andres Saenz (GAC) 7-5, 7-5
5. Raghavan, Sachin (WILLIAMS) def. Mitch Elofson (GAC) 1-6, 6-1, 6-1
6. Weiss, Howard (WILLIAMS) def. Zach Ekstein (GAC) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles Competition
1. Sadowsky, Jordan/Schidlovsky, Alex (WILLIAMS) def. Motasem Al-Houni/Andres Saenz (GAC) 9-7
2. Harron, Conrad/Shastri, Rohan (WILLIAMS) def. Mohanad Al-Houni/Brad Entwistle (GAC) 8-5
3. Grodecki, Brian/Raghavan, Sachin (WILLIAMS) def. Mitch Elofson/T. Connor Shives (GAC) 8-4