CWRU Athletics

Mahenthiran helped lead the fifth-ranked Spartans to their fifth consecutive national quarterfinals appearance at the NCAA Division III Championships, going 2-0 in singles play and 1-0 in doubles matches over a pair of tournament wins last weekend. In a 5-0 win in the second round over 56th-ranked Whitman College, Mahenthiran teamed with junior Rohan Bhat to win 6-2 in the third doubles match over Cameron Yang and Lucas Huang, and went on to claim a 6-3, 6-4 victory in the no. 1 singles match against Alexander Stage. The next day, he helped punch the Spartans' ticket to the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-1 win against 16th-ranked Paolo Pocasangre as CWRU bested 13th-ranked Kenyon 4-0 in the third round. Mahenthiran, the 14th-ranked singles player in Division III, improved to 24-11 in singles matches and 20-6 in doubles play this season. The Spartans, 27-5 overall, will be playing in the NCAA quarterfinal round for the sixth time in program history.