WASHINGTON (January 24, 2025) – Howard University men's tennis squad dropped its season opener, 7-0, versus crosstown rival Georgetown (GU) at the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation's East Capitol Campus in southeast D.C.
 
Sophomores Michael Major, Jr. (Nassau, Bahamas) and Kendrick Lash (Winston-Salem, N.C.) served as HU's top doubles team, falling to the Hoyas' Jake Fellows and Arthur O'Sullivan, 6-2.
 
Georgetown won the other two doubles contests to take a 1-0 match lead into singles play.
 
In singles competition, Major competed in the top spot for HU where he came up short to Fellows in straight sets (6-1, 6-0).
 
GU took the other five singles matches.
 
The men's team is back in action with back-to-back matches versus Loyola (Md.) Friday (Jan. 31) and at Delaware (Feb. 1).
 
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