Story Links PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men’s tennis team will host the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Indoor Championship at the Hecht Tennis Center this weekend. The eight-team knockout tournament will run from Friday until a champion is crowned on Sunday. Penn (7-1) enters the tournament as the No. 4 seed, playing Yale in […]
PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men’s tennis team will host the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Indoor Championship at the Hecht Tennis Center this weekend. The eight-team knockout tournament will run from Friday until a champion is crowned on Sunday.
Penn (7-1) enters the tournament as the No. 4 seed, playing Yale in the first round on Friday at noon.
The Tournament Field
The ECAC Championship field features seven of the Ancient Eight teams (Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Penn, Yale, Dartmouth and Brown) with Delaware being the sole non-Ivy team. The Crimson (5-3) are the No. 1 seed.
ECAC Championship Round 1
Penn vs. Yale – Friday 12:00 p.m.
Hecht Tennis Center
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All-time series: Yale leads 70-32
Last match: Jan. 26, 2025 (Penn 5-2)
Taking Care of Business
The Quakers enter the ECAC Championship at 7-1, with their only loss coming to No. 16 Tennessee on the road. They’ve swept their opponent four times including both legs (Elon, Tennessee Tech) of their Sunday doubleheader last week.
Freshmen Phenom
Newcomer Shaurya Bharadwaj currently has the most singles wins by a Quaker this spring with seven. He has not dropped a single match at No. 3 or No. 4 (5-0). In doubles, the tandem of Manfredi Graziani and himself are 7-1.
Looking for Revenge
The Red and Blue came up just short at the 2024 ECAC Championship, losing to Princeton, 4-1, in the title match. If both teams win their first two matches, they can meet up again in the championship. Penn is looking for its first ECAC title since 2019.
Previewing Yale
Penn and Yale are facing off against each other for the second time in three weeks. Since their last matchup, Yale has gone 2-0, defeating Penn State (7-0) and Buffalo (4-3).
The Bulldogs have one singles player and one doubles team currently ranked. Vignesh Gogineni slots in at No. 65 on the ITA Singles ranking. Dating back to the fall season, Gogineni has dropped just three matches with one of them coming against Graziani. In doubles, Gogineni and Edward Liao are No. 88. The pair is undefeated (3-0) in the dual match season.
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