ARLINGTON, VA – The Monmouth University men's tennis team won three of four singles flights contested, but fell at Georgetown, 4-3, Friday afternoon. The Hawks suited up just four players and couldn't overcome losses by default at Nos. 5 and 6 singles.

After Georgetown took the doubles point with wins at Nos. 1 and 2, Przemyslaw Filipek (Bedzin, Poland/Second Lo [Silesia]), Vidit Vaghela (Ahmedabad, India/A.G. High School [H.L. College of Commerce]) and Nicola Pipoli kept the Hawks alive with wins at Nos. 1, 2 and 4 singles, respectively. But, in addition to wins by default at Nos. 5 and 6, Georgetown clinched the match with Peter Beatty's 6-4, 6-3, win over Ale Gomez Estrada (Guayaquil, Ecuador/PERT) at No. 3.

Filipek defeated Marco Lam, 6-2, 7-5, at No. 1 singles, while Vaghela battled back from down a set to take a 4-6, 6-4, 10-4, victory over Daniel Khanin at No. 2. Pipoli rounded out the Hawks' singles wins with a 6-4, 6-0, win over Will Sharton at No. 4.  

The Hawks return to action Feb. 24, when they play host to Drexel. First serve from Shrewsbury Racket Club is slated for 8 p.m.


Georgetown 4, Monmouth 3

 Singles competition
1. Filipek, Przemyslaw (MU-M) def. Lam, Marco (GTOWN-M) 6-2, 7-5 MU FORFEIT
2. Vaghela, Vidit (MU-M) def. Khanin, Daniel (GTOWN-M) 4-6, 6-4, 10-4 MU FORFEIT
3. Beatty, Peter (GTOWN-M) def. Gomez Estrada, Ale (MU-M) 6-4, 6-3
4. Pipoli, Nicola (MU-M) def. Sharton, Will (GTOWN-M) 6-4, 6-0
5. Panarese, Bart (GTOWN-M) def. No player (MU-M), by default
6. McElvenny, Ryan (GTOWN-M) def. No player (MU-M), by default

 Doubles competition
1. Chen, Michael/Portner, Jordan (GTOWN-M) def. Filipek, Przemyslaw/Gomez Estrada, Ale (MU-M) 6-1
2. Beatty, Peter/Mahlangu, Yannik (GTOWN-M) def. Vaghela, Vidit/Pipoli, Nicola (MU-M) 7-5
3. Rechan, Mac/Murphy, Jack (GTOWN-M) def. No player/No player (MU-M), by default