Penn's depth comes through in simultaneous wins

With the unique challenge of playing practically simultaneous matches, the Penn men's tennis team demonstrated impressive depth by defeating Washington College, 6-1, and nearby St. Joseph's, 7-0, on Tuesday, improving its season record to 8-5. Beginning the afternoon at 3pm at the outdoor Lott Courts, Penn's main contingent played extremely well in the 6-1 win. In singles, the Quakers won five of six matches, with the only loss coming to freshman Udi Kish, playing No. 1 singles for Penn. Quakers winners included freshman Urs Baertschi, junior Brad Goldberg, sophomore Brian O'Grady, senior co-captain Jeff Jackson and junior JJ Cramer. Penn took two of the three doubles matches to earn the final point of the match. The Quakers' team of Cramer and Baertschi along with the tandem of Jackson and O'Grady were victorious in doubles action. On the losing end in doubles were Kish and Goldberg. While Penn's win over Washington was impressive, more impressive were the outstanding performances from the reserves, who stepped into starting roles, in the sweep of St. Joe's. Although it was the first varsity competition many of the Quakers backups have seen thus far this year, Penn did not miss a beat. After an excellent spring break, Quakers freshman David Schwartzman played No. 1 singles and opened the floodgates for the Quakers rout. Also playing well for Penn were freshman Drew Pozatek, junior Nik Bhattachayra, junior Omar Saeed and the doubles team of senior co-captain Andreas Olofsson and Cramer.