The Brandeis men’s and women’s tennis teams traveled to play their first set of matches in March. Men’s tennis faced Skidmore College, while women’s tennis played Wheaton College. Both teams had just come off a loss and were looking to turn their fortunes around.
Men’s tennis started the day off with a doubles win by Jeffrey Chen ’22 and Adam Tzeng ’22. The 8-4 victory gave the Judges a positive start to the day as the Judges have rarely trailed after doubles this season. However, Skidmore would proceed to take the next two doubles matches. Colin Fox ’25 and Dylan Walters ’24 were narrowly defeated 8-7 in the second doubles game. In the third doubles game, Colt Tegtmeier ’22 and Hunter Levine ’23 also barely lost, as the score was just 6-8. Overall this gave the Judges a 1-2 deficit going into singles.
In the first singles match of the day for the men’s team, Tzeng evened the score with a 2-1 set victory. Tzeng fell behind in the match after losing the first set 4-6, but he proceeded to win two consecutive sets 7-5 and 6-3 to win the match. The second and third singles matches saw the Brandeis get swept in straight sets, before Walters won a straight set of his own to cut the overall Brandeis deficit to one. To complete the comeback, Tegtmeier completed a straight set where he did not drop a single point to the opposition in his second set. The total scores between the schools was even at four. In the final match, the Judges had freshman Aryan Nijihawan ’25 compete. The first set was close, but Nijihawan narrowly tooked the set victory 6-4. He then proceeded to give Brandeis the win with a 6-2 set victory. The Judges left Skidmore college building on their 5-2 start to the season.
The Brandeis women’s tennis team started the day cruising as they won both of their doubles matches. Bhakti Parwani ’25 and Jiayi Zhang ’24 won the first doubles game of the day 8-2. In the doubles game right after, Summer Quinn ’22 and Olivia Howe ’22 beat their counterparts at Wheaton College 8-4. The final doubles game was given to Brandeis because Wheaton was required to forfeit.
Ana Hatfield ’22 started the singles round, but ultimately lost after three sets. Cecilia Davis ’25 followed with a straight set win to set Brandeis back on track. Zhang then proceeded to win a straight set without dropping a single point. Howe came after and also won a straight set, while dropping only two points in the two sets. Finally, Quinn finished the games for the day with a straight set where she also did not drop a single point. One more match was scheduled but ultimately forfeited by Wheaton. This gave Brandeis an overall victory of 8-1, as the Judges improved their record to 2-4 on the season.
The men’s tennis team will hope to continue their season with a competition against Colby College on March 13 at home. Every game in March will be a home game for the men’s team. The women’s team will also play at home, but will instead face Bentley University on March 11. This game was rescheduled from March 6 and will be followed by a home game against Colby College on March 13.
