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Vishwa Aduru prepares to return a serve
Tim Phillis

Men's Tennis

#4 Men’s Tennis Claims Wins over Hardin-Simmons & #11 Sewanee

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The fourth-ranked Case Western Reserve University men's tennis team picked up two more wins on Monday afternoon in Claremont, California, defeating Hardin-Simmons University 9-0 and 11th-ranked Sewanee 8-1.

CWRU saw its record climb to 10-1 for the season following the two victories.

The Spartans opened the day against Hardin-Simmons with a sweep of the doubles contests. Sophomore Anmay Devaraj and George Kosseifi were the first to finish, winning 8-4 at no. 3 doubles against Brandon Curiel and Jordan Oberbillig. Seniors Daniel French and Yuvraj Narang followed with an 8-5 triumph over Zach Fowler and Payne Smith at second doubles, and senior Vishwa Aduru and graduate student Diego Maza bested Luke Cantu and Justus Petersilie 8-4 at first doubles.

Kosseifi went on to defeat Oberbillig 6-1, 6-1 in the sixth singles match to increase the team's lead to 4-0, and junior Ansh Shah clinched the win with a 6-2, 6-0 win at second singles over Cantu. Other wins in the opening match of the day came from junior Ajay Mahenthiran (6-0, 6-2 over Justus Petersilie at no. 1 singles), Devaraj (6-1, 6-0 over Fowler at no. 3 singles), junior Casey Hishinuma (6-4, 6-2 over Smith at no. 4 singles), and sophomore Matthew Plunkett (6-3, 6-2 over Curiel).

Hardin-Simmons fell to 2-6 with the loss.

In the late contest against Sewanee, senior Sahil Dayal and Deveraj got the Spartans on the board with an 8-4 win over Peyton Erck and Andre Jakobi at second doubles, while Aduru and Maza added to the lead with an 8-5 win over Jordan Theron and Quinn Wicklund (ranked first in Division III) at first doubles. French and Narang completed the doubles sweep by pulling out an 8-7 (5) win over Gil Weston and Talman Ramsey in the third doubles match.

In singles play, Maza put the Spartans a point away from clinching with a 6-0, 6-1 win against Henry Hyden at sixth singles. Finishing in close succession, Mahenthiran defeated Ramsey 6-3, 6-2 at third singles and Shah topped Wicklund 6-4, 6-2 at fourth singles to secure the team win for CWRU.

Sewanee registered its first point of the match with a 6-2, 6-2 win from Erck over graduate student Michael Sutanto at second singles, but Hishinuma followed with a 6-2, 7-6 win at fifth singles against Weston. Rounding out the day, Aduru pulled out a thriller against Theron (who entered the day as the top-ranked singles player in Division III)  at no. 1 singles, coming from behind to win 2-6, 7-6 (5), 11-9.

Sewanee fell to 5-3 on the season with the loss.

The Spartans will continue play in California on Tuesday with matches against Westcliff University at 3:00 p.m. ET and UC Irvine at 6:00 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Vishwa Aduru

Vishwa Aduru

5' 11"
Senior
Sahil Dayal

Sahil Dayal

6' 2"
Senior
Anmay Devaraj

Anmay Devaraj

5' 9"
Sophomore
Daniel French

Daniel French

5' 11"
Senior
Casey Hishinuma

Casey Hishinuma

6' 1"
Junior
Ajay Mahenthiran

Ajay Mahenthiran

5' 10"
Junior
Diego Maza

Diego Maza

6' 2"
Graduate Student
Yuvraj Narang

Yuvraj Narang

5' 10"
Senior
Matthew Plunkett

Matthew Plunkett

6' 5"
Sophomore
Ansh Shah

Ansh Shah

5' 11"
Junior
Michael Sutanto

Michael Sutanto

5' 10"
Graduate Student
George Kosseifi

George Kosseifi

6' 2"
First-Year

Players Mentioned

Vishwa Aduru

Vishwa Aduru

5' 11"
Senior
Sahil Dayal

Sahil Dayal

6' 2"
Senior
Anmay Devaraj

Anmay Devaraj

5' 9"
Sophomore
Daniel French

Daniel French

5' 11"
Senior
Casey Hishinuma

Casey Hishinuma

6' 1"
Junior
Ajay Mahenthiran

Ajay Mahenthiran

5' 10"
Junior
Diego Maza

Diego Maza

6' 2"
Graduate Student
Yuvraj Narang

Yuvraj Narang

5' 10"
Senior
Matthew Plunkett

Matthew Plunkett

6' 5"
Sophomore
Ansh Shah

Ansh Shah

5' 11"
Junior
Michael Sutanto

Michael Sutanto

5' 10"
Graduate Student
George Kosseifi

George Kosseifi

6' 2"
First-Year