Arlington, Va. –  In a home court battle, Marymount and Pratt faced off today in the Saint's AEC opening match. The men's team came out on top, and unfortunately the women fell short by just one point. 
 
MEN: MARYMOUNT 5, DESALES 2
 
DOUBLES (Marymount earns team point)

1. Justin Urbi / Mikah Liu (PRATT) def. Emilio Escamilla / Gunek Singh (MU) (6-3)
2. Adam Stanulis / Eshan Degamwar (MU) def. Calder Tillinghast / Eagle Zhang (PRATT) (6-3)
3. Josemaria Torrecillas / Nathaniel Tesfaye (MU) def. John Cherry / Nathan Park (PRATT) (6-3)

SINGLES

1. Degamwar (MU) def. Urbi (PRATT) 6-4, 2-6, 10-4
2. Liu (PRATT) def. Torrecillas (MU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Singh (MU) def. Zhang (PRATT) 6-4, 6-2
4. Park (PRATT) def. Escamilla (MU) 6-3, 7-6
5. Stanulis (MU) def. Cherry (PRATT) 6-4, 6-1
6. Tesfaye (MU) def. Tillinghast (PRATT) 6-2, 6-1

WOMEN: PRATT 4, MARYMOUNT 3

DOUBLES (Marymount earns team point)

1.  Hana Kimmey / Avery DeFazio  (MU) def. Kayla Abraham / Pallavi Verghese (PRATT) (6-3)
2. Nikhita Simhambhatla / Sofi Plotkin (MU) def. Beatrice Crespo / Alice Li (PRATT) (6-2)
3. Victoria Delgado / Julia Ognibene (PRATT) def. Francesca Loiseau / Lily Plotkin (MU) (6-0)

SINGLES

1. Kimmey (MU) def. Abraham (PRATT) 6-3, 6-0
2. Simhambhatla (MU) def. Verghese (PRATT) 6-4, 6-2
3. Crespo (PRATT) def. DeFazio (MU) 6-0, 6-0
4. Ognibene (PRATT) def. S. Plotkin (MU) 7-6, 6-1
5. Delgado (PRATT) def. L. Plotkin (MU) 6-0, 6-0
6. Li (PRATT) def. Bekenova (MU) 6-3, 6-1

UP NEXT

• The women's and men's tennis teams hit the courts again tomorrow.
•  The two teams face off against Virginia State University at 1:00 PM in Petersburg, Va.