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ATHERTON, CA – Meeting Westmont in a rematch from a narrow battle this past February, Menlo Men's Tennis led after doubles and the Oaks were again up 3-1 in singles before the Warriors suddenly shifted momentum with three straight wins all in third sets for the 4-3 result from Cartan Tennis Courts on Friday.

Oaks Hold Multiple Leads Before Westmont's Quartet Of Singles Victories
To start the afternoon, junior Robin McAlpine and freshman David Espinosa Navarro took charge of their doubles pairing with Driss Sedrati and JD Drake on Court 1, cruising to a 6-2 triumph before junior Henry Riccioni-Brown and senior Duarte Brito took down Arjun Sivakumar and Jon Ball 6-3 on Court 3.

The Warriors would even the match 1-1 after the first singles result, but Menlo countered with wins on Court 3 and Court 1 respectively as Espinosa Navarro first bested Rafael Matias 7-5, 6-4 then McAlpine was in command on the two ends of a 6-3, 1-6, 6-0 three-set victory over Diego De Cooman. Despite needing just one more singles win to clinch, the Oaks could not seal it as Westmont used a pair of first-set tiebreakers to propel three-set victories on Courts 4-6.

Up Next
With this week's action complete, the Oaks look ahead to home matchups with Stanton (Apr. 10) and Jessup (Apr. 11) to close out the regular season.