PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – It was the closest Post University Men's Tennis had come to beating Jefferson University since the 2018-19 season, but they would fall just short. Dropping the Doubles point to the Rams and then three of the six Singles, the Eagles would fall, 4-3, dropping to 2-4 in conference play this spring while Jefferson improved to 6-0.
THE BASICS
Post University 3, Jefferson University 4
Post University (2-11, 2-4 CACC)
Jefferson University (14-4, 7-0 CACC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Junior
Dante Despontin and graduate student
Gustavo Kerber were unable to win their second straight match in the #1 Doubles slot, falling against senior Hannibal Borg and junior Enrique Soto Ballester, 6-4. The #3 Doubles would secure the team point for Jefferson as junior Mario Antonio and sophomore Johary Rabetrano were victorious against senior
Niklas Langenfeld and sophomore
Tobias Strauss, 6-4.
Senior
Anton Andersson and sophomore
Josh Cronje would be the only Post duo who got a doubles win in a thriller against sophomores Jules Thibault and Antonio Mateos Melenchon, 7-6, on an 8-6 tiebreaker.
In the Singles matches, Andersson and Antonio would match up in the #1 Singles slot with Antonio winning in set one, 7-6 with a 7-4 tiebreaker win followed by a 6-0 sweep in set two. Taking the #2 Singles for Post was Kerber over Thibault with a two-set victory, 6-4 and 7-6 with a 7-4 tiebreaker point. Cronje was the next victor for the Eagles in the #5 Singles against senior Ahmed Aboseada, 6-3 and 6-1, while the #6 Singles was the last win for the visitors, 7-5 and 7-6 with a 7-2 tiebreaker, which was sophomore
Tobias Strauss over sophomore Ayan Mehra.
The other two Singles wins for the Rams came in the #3 Singles with Ballester sweeping Despontin, 6-2 and 6-0, while the #4 Singles was won by Melenchon, 6-1 and 6-2, over Langenfeld to complete the 4-3 win.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Dante Despontin and Gustavo Kerber's seven-game winning streak in the doubles as a duo came to an end with their loss in the #1 Doubles
- Tobias Strauss won his second straight Singles match in the #6 slot after dropping his first two of the season
- While Post University has dropped eight straight matches against Jefferson, this is the closest they have come to beating the Rams during that streak after previously losing 5-2 in the first two losses of the stretch
WHO'S NEXT
Post University closes out their road trip against Dominican (N.Y.) on Saturday at 12:00 PM in Orangeburg, New York. In their first matchup this season back on April 9
th, the Eagles got their second straight win of the season with a 6-1 win on the road.
