M. Tennis quickly disposes of G'town

Penn captures everyPenn captures everysingles match withPenn captures everysingles match withHoyas in straight sets Merely beating Georgetown was not enough to satisfy the Penn's mens tennis team this time around. In competition with the Hoyas earlier this year, Penn took the match, 5-2. Yesterday afternoon at the Levy Indoor Tennis Pavilion, the Quakers looked to improve upon their autumn performance. And they did just that, earning a clean 7-0 sweep over Georgetown to improve to 4-1 in the spring. "Our goal was to dominate," Penn freshman Urs Baertschi said. This goal became reality as Penn swept the singles, and took two of three doubles matches to earn the seventh point. Quakers freshman Udi Kish faced the stiffest competition from the Penn side when he took on the Hoyas' No. 1 player, Chris DeCarlo. Against an opponent who was without a doubt the best Georgetown had to offer, Kish followed up a 6-4 first set with a tiebreaker win in the second. Kish's match, which easily outlasted those of the other Penn singles players, not only finished the singles sweep, but gave Penn straight set wins in six matches. The Quakers' dominance was easily detectable in all the matches. In the other five singles matches, Penn players lost only 16 games out of the 77 played. Before the spectators could even get settled, Penn junior J.J. Cramer had already laid waste to Justin Berman, 6-0, 6-1. One court over, Quakers sophomore Marc Fisicaro defeated Georgetown's No. 2 player, Jon Jon Chang, 6-1, 6-2. The other singles matches were no different, as Penn senior co-captain Jeff Jackson fought off a second-set comeback by the Hoyas' Jonathan Massicot to earn his straight-set win in a tiebreaker. Penn junior Brad Goldberg sped past his opponent, 6-1, 6-2, and Baertschi fulfilled his goal, losing only one game to Georgetown's Greg Rosen in a 6-1, 6-0 victory. The only blemish during Penn's day at the park was an 8-2 doubles loss by the team of Fisicaro and Goldberg in doubles. The pairing of Baertschi and Cramer along with the tandem of Jackson and sophomore Daniel Chen were victorious, giving Penn two out of the three doubles matches and the seventh point of the match -- a clean sweep.