The Elon University men’s tennis team overcame poor weather and a sudden change in venue to defeat Washington & Lee University, 7-0. Ranked No. 21 in the country, junior Cameron Silverman won in straight sets over senior Hayden White 6-1, 6-1. Elon’s No. 2, freshman Robert Lindgren also won his singles match against sophomore Taylor Shamshiri in straight sets 6-1, 6-2.
The Phoenix’s number three and four singles, sophomores Jordan Kaufman and Brian Kowalski won their matches 6-2, 7-5 and 6-4, 6-4 respectively.
One of just two matches that went to three sets was senior Carlos Arboleda’s victory over freshman Brian Krouskos. Arboleda lost the first set 6-2, and then bounced back to win the second set 6-4. The decisive third set was a marathon with Arboleda eventually prevailing 13-11.
Freshman Ismael Sanchez Delfin also went three sets from the No. 6 singles position, defeating freshman John Kirby 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
In the doubles matches Silverman and Lindgren defeated White and sophomore Christopher Hu 8-4. Sophomores Juan Madrid and Dan Sablik also won by beating Krouskos and freshman Thomas Johnson 8-2.
With the win, Elon jumps to 2-3 on the season. The loss leaves Washington & Lee looking for their first win as they fall to 0-2. The Phoenix’s next match is on Friday, Feb. 22 at home against Radford University.