ALLSTON, Mass. — The Boston University men’s tennis team wrapped up Harvard’s Chowderfest at the Beren Tennis Center this weekend.
The Terriers, highlighted by senior Jakob Esterowitz’s 2-0 singles weekend, went 3-4 at singles and 2-1 at doubles against opponents from Cornell and Brown. Esterowitz took down his first opponent from Brown 6-0, 6-3 and then battled in his second match but prevailed, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3.
Sophomore Payton Jim-On was the only other Terrier to play multiple singles matches, going 1-1. He fell to his Brown opponent in his first match but easily dispatched of his Cornell adversary, 6-2, 6-1 on day two.
On day three, sophomore Andrew Andea earned a win in a thriller of a match, dropping the first set 6-7 (3) before dominating the second set 6-1 and taking a decisive win in the tiebreak, 10-5.
Junior Adrian Quiros fell to his opponent from Brown on day two and sophomore Jaydon Barki and freshman Anish Sehgal dropped singles matches to Brown opponents on day three.
In doubles, Esterowitz and Jim-On lost their first match but won their second match, 7-6 (6) over their Brown opponents. On day three, Quiros and sophomore Ege Topkoc powered their way to a 6-3 victory over a Brown duo for the win.
The Terriers are next slated to head to the ITA Regional Championships hosted by Yale in New Haven, Connecticut, from Oct. 8 to Oct. 14.
SINGLES
Jakob Esterowitz (2-0)
Def. Cole Oberg (Brown) 6-0, 6-3
Def. Toby Luo (Brown) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
Payton Jim-On (1-1)
Loss to Elliot Wasserman (Brown) 6-3, 6-3
Def. Jack Casciato (Cornell) 6-2, 6-1
Adrian Quiros (0-1)
Loss to Alex Koong (Brown) 6-2, 7-5
Jaydon Barki (0-1)
Loss to Toby Luo (Brown) 6-1, 6-1
Andrew Andea (1-0)
Def. Alex Koong (Brown) 6-7 (3), 6-1, 1-0 (5)
Anish Sehgal (0-1)
Loss to Cole Oberg (Brown) 6-1, 6-3
DOUBLES
Esterowitz/Jim-On (1-1)
Loss to Wasserman/Oberg (Brown) 6-4
Def. Luo/Koong (Brown) 7-6 (6)
Adrian Quiros/Ege Topkoc (1-0)
Def. Koong/Luo (Brown) 6-3
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