LEXINGTON, Va. – The Franklin & Marshall men's tennis team (2-6, 0-1 CC) was defeated on the road in its non-conference match against No. 19 Washington & Lee (9-4, 5-0 ODAC), 9-0, Saturday morning.

F&M came close to taking the middle doubles match with the duo of Gonzalo Gentou and Pedro Notre. However, the pair was held off to drop the match, 8-5.

In the singles matches, Anthony Casale battled in the No. 6 position with close scores in both sets. Despite keeping within two of his opponent, Casale fell, 7-5 and 6-4, to drop the match. Daniel Feigelson jumped in front of his competition in the No. 4 match with a 6-4 win in the first set. However, his opponent responded with wins of 6-0 and 6-2 to claim the victory.

Franklin & Marshall returns home on Thursday to host Kalamazoo at 4:00 p.m.

No. 19 Washington & Lee 9, Franklin & Marshall 0
Doubles
1: Evan Erb/Will Kistler (W&L) def. Zac Ashtiani/Anthony Casale (F&M); 8-0
2: Parker Heys/Josh Rassin (W&L) def. Gonzalo Gentou/Pedro Norte (F&M); 8-5
3: Eli Hirshberg/James Kurani (W&L) def. Luke Brodsky/Campbell Gervais (F&M); 8-4
Singles
1: Evan Erb (W&L) def. Luke Brodsky (F&M); 6-1, 6-0
2: Will Kistler (W&L) def. Zac Ashtiani (F&M); 7-5, 6-2
3: Eli Hirshberg (W&L) def. Samuel Donnelly (F&M); 6-2, 6-1
4: James Kurani (W&L) def. Daniel Feigelson (F&M); 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
5: Sanjheev Rao (W&L) def. Pedro Norte (F&M); 6-1, 6-0
6: Connor Coleman (W&L) def. Anthony Casale (F&M); 7-5, 6-4