PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Delaware men's tennis team began its spring season with a 6-1 setback to Ivy League powerhouse Pennsylvania on Sunday afternoon at Levy Pavillion.

Penn (6-1, 0-0 Ivy League) won five of six singles matches and two of three in doubles action, handily defeating the Blue Hens (1-1, 0-0 Colonial Athletic Association) in the teams' first-ever meeting.

Senior Jonathan Schwartz (at right) highlighted the Hens' day with a hard-fought 7-6 (9-7), 2-6, 10-8 triumph over the Quakers' Brandon O'Gara at sixth singles, while the first-doubles duo of sophomore Austin Longacre and junior Nolan Greenberg scored an 8-6 win over Penn's Jason Pinsky and Joseph Lok. Longacre and Greenberg improved to 8-2 on the season in doubles action.

Longacre gave Pinsky a fight at first singles defore falling 4-6, 6-3, 10-6, while Lok took down Greenberg at second singles by a 6-3, 6-2 margin. Sophomore Sam Barrer at third singles, freshman Chris Hincker at No. 4, and sophomore Camilo Perez at No. 5 all suffered straight-set losses, as the Hens won a total of two sets on the day.

In other doubles action, Schwartz and sophomore Andrew Blumberg fell 8-1 to O'Gara and Eric Riley, while Barrer and Perez suffered an 8-5 defeat at the hands of Penn's Adam Schwartz and Justen Roth.

UD continues its spring campaign on Feb. 23, when the Hens host a match at 6 p.m. The opponent has yet to be determined.

AGATE:

Pennsylvania 6, Delaware 1

First Singles: Jason Pinsky (Penn) d. Austin Longacre (UD), 4-6, 6-3, 10-6. Second Singles: Joseph Lok (Penn) d. Nolan Greenberg (UD), 6-3, 6-2. Third Singles: Eric Riley (Penn) d. Sam Barrer (UD), 6-3, 6-2. Fourth Singles: Adam Schwartz (Penn) d. Chris Hincker (UD), 6-1, 6-4. Fifth Singles: Justen Roth (Penn) d. Camilo Perez (UD), 6-3, 6-1. Sixth Singles: Jonathan Schwartz (UD) d. Brandon O'Gara (Penn), 7-6 (9-7), 2-6, 10-8. First Doubles: Longacre/Greenberg (UD) d. Pinsky/Lok (Penn), 8-6. Second Doubles: Riley/O'Gara (Penn) d. Schwartz/Blumberg (UD), 8-1. Third Doubles: Schwartz/Roth (Penn) d. Barrer/Perez (UD), 8-5.