Washington and Lee University
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – The Washington and Lee men’s tennis team continued action at the ITA Southeast Regional on Sunday afternoon on the campus of the University of Mary Washington.
First-year Ben Fass (Baltimore, Md./Friends) was the lone General to compete on Sunday in either the championship singles or doubles brackets. After posting a 2-0 record in the singles bracket on Saturday, Fass fell in the Round of 16 to Randy Loden of Mary Washington by a score of 7-5, 6-2.
Several W&L players were also alive in the singles and doubles consolation brackets. First-year Jeremy Becht (Prospect, Ky./Kentucky Country Day) will continue on Monday morning after notching a pair of wins on Sunday to advance to the semifinals of the singles consolation bracket.
Becht began the day with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Sasha Felikson of Salisbury and received a bye before knocking off Swarthmore’s J.J. England, 6-4, 6-2. He then defeated first-year teammate Jonathan Gaffney (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier) in the quarterfinals by a score of 6-2, 6-7 (4), 10-7.
Becht will face Carnegie Mellon’s Bobby MacTaggert on Monday at 9:00 am.
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