LANCASTER, Pa. – The No. 38 Franklin & Marshall men's tennis team (4-5) earned its first sweep of the 2025 season as it defeated Drew (4-6), 7-0, Tuesday afternoon at the Brooks Tennis Center. Tuesday's sweep is the first for F&M since beating Ursinus, 9-0, in early April of last season.
F&M jumped out to an early advantage in the doubles matches as
Luke Brodsky and
Soren Rudin-Aulenbach blanked their opponent, 6-0, in the No. 2 match for the seventh victory this year. The duo of
Zac Ashtiani and
Gonzalo Gentou held off their opponent, 6-3, in the No. 1 match for their fifth win of the season. The pairing of
Tucker Chesman and
Jack Gelman eased past their opponents in the No. 3 match, 6-1, for their fifth win this spring.
Three Diplomats improved to six singles' wins this year as
Samuel Donnelly, Gelman and Rudin-Aulenbach earned victories on Tuesday. Donnelly shutout his opponent, 6-0, 6-0, while Rudin-Aulenbach upended his opponent, 6-1, 6-4. Gelman followed by picking up a 6-1, 6-0 win in the No. 6 match.
Brodsky and
Carl Kamdin moved to four wins each this season with singles' victories on Tuesday. Brodsky earned a 6-3, 6-3 win in the No. 1 match, while Kamdin blanked his opponent, 6-0, 6-0, in the No. 4 match. Ashtiani completed the match sweep over Drew with a three-set battle in the No. 2 match. Ashtiani outlasted his opponent, 6-2, 3-6, 1(10)-0(1), for his second singles' win this season.
No. 38 Franklin & Marshall begins Centennial Conference (CC) action on Saturday at No. 8 Swarthmore, starting at 2:30 p.m.
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No. 38 Franklin & Marshall 7, Drew 0
Doubles
1:
Zac Ashtiani/
Gonzalo Gentou (F&M) def. Daniel Arcari/Jesse Faro (Drew); 6-3
2:
Luke Brodsky/
Soren Rudin-Aulenbach (F&M) def. Ty Gelijns/Josh Kline (Drew); 6-0
3:
Tucker Chesman/
Jack Gelman (F&M) def. Sergey Kravchenko/Owen Reynolds (Drew); 6-1
Singles
1:
Luke Brodsky (F&M) def. Jesse Faro (Drew); 6-3, 6-3
2:
Zac Ashtiani (F&M) def. Daniel Arcari (Drew); 6-2, 3-6, 1(10)-0(1)
3:
Samuel Donnelly (F&M) def. Ty Gelijns (Drew); 6-0, 6-0
4:
Carl Kamdin (F&M) def. Josh Kline (Drew); 6-0, 6-0
5:
Soren Rudin-Aulenbach (F&M) def. Sergey Kravchenko (Drew); 6-1, 6-4
6:
Jack Gelman (F&M) def. Owen Reynolds (Drew); 6-1, 6-0
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