Men’s Tennis Defeated at Grinnell

(photo credit: Stephen Bates, WCS Photography)
(photo credit: Stephen Bates, WCS Photography)
Illinois Tech
0
Grinnell College
9

Doubles

Sriram Sugumaran / Ben Cobin (GCM)
def. Zhong, Franklin / Abdo, Yousef (IITMEN)
8-2
Sam Stickels / M.Conlin-Brandenburg (GCM)
def. Rana, Abhishek / Laitinen, Adam (IITMEN)
8-2
Zach Lane / Ishaan Tibrewal (GCM)
def. Croonquist, Broderic / Woltman, Andrew (IITMEN)
8-2

Singles

Sriram Sugumaran (GCM)
def. Zhong, Franklin (IITMEN)
7-5, 6-3
Zach Lane (GCM)
def. Abdo, Yousef (IITMEN)
6-1, 5-7, 10-7
Sam Stickels (GCM)
def. Rana, Abhishek (IITMEN)
6-4, 6-0
Ben Cobin (GCM)
def. Laitinen, Adam (IITMEN)
3-6, 6-3, 6-2
M.Conlin-Brandenburg (GCM)
def. Croonquist, Broderic (IITMEN)
6-4, 6-2
Ishaan Tibrewal (GCM)
def. Pio, Jack (IITMEN)
6-0, 6-0
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Posted: Feb 04, 2018

GRINNELL, Iowa - The Illinois Tech Men's Tennis team opened the Spring season against a tough Grinnell College team on the road on the morning of Super Bowl Sunday. Tech was defeated 9-0.

Meet Highlights

  • Tech had some tight matches in the top two singles spot. Top player Franklin Zhong was defeated 6-3, 7-5. Yousef Abdo, playing out of the second spot, lost 7-1, 5-7, 10-7.
  • Adam Laitinen, playing in the fourth singles spot, also had a close match, losing 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Up Next

  • Illinois Tech opens the home schedule on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. at XS Tennis, taking on Millikin University. Tech will also face Illinois Wesleyan at 3:30 p.m.