The fourth-ranked Case Western Reserve University men's tennis team will be aiming to reach the NCAA Division III Championship match for the fourth time in program history when it faces top-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in the semifinals of the tournament on Tuesday, May 20, at 8:00 p.m. ET at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center in Claremont, California.

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What's at Stake

The Spartans can play for the NCAA Division III Championship for the fourth time in the last five years with a win over the Stags on Tuesday night. The National Championship match will be played on Thursday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. ET against either second-ranked Denison University or third-ranked Tufts University. A loss would end the team season for the Spartans, with NCAA Individual Championships set to begin later in the week.

The Spartans

CWRU reached the semifinals with a 4-2 win over the fourth-ranked University of Chicago in the quarterfinals on Monday night. The Spartans have won 21 of their last 22 matches and seven-straight contests to improve to 28-5 overall this season. CWRU earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Championship after winning the 2025 University Athletic Association Championship over the same Chicago team it defeated for a second time on Monday. After receiving a first-round bye in the NCAA Tournament, CWRU went on to best 56th-ranked Whitman College 5-0 in the second round and 13th-ranked Kenyon College 4-0 in the third round.

The Spartans' lineup features several nationally-ranked singles players, including 11th-ranked senior Ajay Mahenthiran, 40th-ranked sophomore George Kosseifi, and 49th-ranked junior Anmay Devaraj, in addition to a nationally-ranked doubles pairing in 13th-ranked Devaraj and senior Casey Hishinuma and Devaraj. CWRU players hold a combined .745 winning percentage (246-84) in singles matches and a .692 winning percentage (108-48) in doubles play. 

The Stags

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps bested 12th-ranked Babson College in the quarterfinals on Monday night, improving to 31-2 overall and 26-0 against Division III opposition. The Stags have won 31 consecutive matches since dropping a pair of contests to Division II opponents on the first day of the season. The team's overall mark includes a 22-2 record on their home court.

The Stags' lineup features the top-ranked singles player in Division III in Advik Mareedu, along with 14th-ranked Warren Pham and 42nd-ranked Matthew Robinson. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps also has two nationally-ranked doubles pairings in 14th-ranked Caleb Settles and Brandon Vu, and 15th-ranked Josh Kim and Mareedu.

Matchup History

This will be the second match this season between the two teams, with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps having claimed a 5-2 win over the Spartans in the semifinals of the ITA Indoor National Championship on February 22. CWRU picked up a win at no. 1 doubles from Hishinuma and Devaraj and singles wins from Kosseifi in the second singles match and Hishinuma at fifth singles in the February matchup.

CWRU is 2-3 against the Stags all-time, including a 4-0 win in 2024 and a 6-3 win in 2023.

Spartan Notes

• CWRU, making its eighth NCAA Championship appearance, stands at 22-6 all-time in tournament play.

• This will be the team's fourth trip to the NCAA semifinals in the last five years, with the Spartans going 3-0 in their previous semifinal appearances.

• CWRU stands at 16-3 against nationally-ranked teams this season, including a 4-3 mark against teams ranked in the top-10 nationally.

• Junior Matthew Plunkett recorded the match-clinching win against Chicago and has now won 15 straight singles matches. He stands at 23-5 overall this year.

• With his win on Monday, Mahenthiran now has 89 career singles victories and is one away from matching former Spartan Anthony Kanam for the third-most singles wins in team history.