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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Fifth-Ranked Men’s Tennis Opens 2026 Spring Season with Four Wins

The Case Western Reserve University men's tennis team, ranked fifth in Division III kicked off its 2026 spring campaign with four wins on Friday, defeating Wabash College and the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Crawfordsville, Indiana, and Anderson University and DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. All four matches were decided by 7-0 scores.

CWRU stands at 4-0 on the campaign after Friday's action. Wabash dropped to 1-2, Rose-Hulman fell to 1-1, Anderson moved to 3-2, and DePauw ended the day with a 0-1 record.

Stats and Standouts

#5 CWRU def. Wabash, 7-0

  • Doubles

  1. Leon Chen & Jon Totorica (CWRU) def. Augusto Ghidini & Rafael Rin (WABASH), 6-1

  2. Santiago Salazar Garza & Derek Shiffer (CWRU) def. Tharakesh Ashokar & Cole Shifferly (WABASH), 7-6 (7) *

  3. Matthew Haas & Edmon Neto (WABASH) def. Rowan Matorin & Justin Prochnow (CWRU), 6-4

  • Singles

  1. Konrad Kwiatkowski (CWRU) def. Rafael Rin (WABASH), 6-2, 6-3

  2. JT Bilski (CWRU) def. Cole Shifferly (WABASH), 6-3, 7-6 (10) *

  3. Josh Davydov (CWRU) def. Augusto Ghidini (WABASH), 6-1, 6-2

  4. Derek Shiffer (CWRU) def. Murilo Guarniari (WABASH), 6-0, 6-2

  5. Rohit Jain (CWRU) def. Tharakesh Ashokar (WABASH), 6-2, 6-0

  6. Marko McRae (CWRU) def. Vittorio Bona (WABASH), 6-1, 4-6, 10-7

  • Order of Finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (3,1,2,4,5,6) | * indicates clinching win

#5 CWRU def. Anderson, 7-0

  • Doubles

  1. Trey Lambright & Bryce Ware (CWRU) def. Santiago Terbonati & Martin Suarez (ANDERSON), 6-2

  2. Leon Chen & Jon Totorica (CWRU) def. Davis Borders & Luis Angel Guerrero Lara (ANDERSON), 6-1 *

  3. Rohan Bhat & Anmay Devaraj (CWRU) def. Pedro Alves Sette & Ezekiel Bergen (ANDERSON), 6-0

  • Singles

  1. Santiago Salazar Garza (CWRU) def. Ezekiel Bergen (ANDERSON), 6-0, 6-1 *

  2. Matthew Plunkett (CWRU) def. Martin Suarez (ANDERSON), 3-6, 6-2, 10-6

  3. Bryce Ware (CWRU) def. Arturo Mendoza (ANDERSON), 6-0, 6-1

  4. Rowan Matorin (CWRU) def. Pedro Alves Sette (ANDERSON), 6-1, 6-1

  5. Nikhil Ramani (CWRU) def. Luis Angel Guerrero Lara (ANDERSON), 6-0, 6-2

  6. Shay Gupta (CWRU) def. Santiago Terbonati (ANDERSON), 6-1, 6-2

  • Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,3,1,6,5,2) | * indicates clinching win

#5 CWRU def. Rose-Hulman, 7-0

  • Doubles

  1. JT Bilski & Derek Shiffer (CWRU) def. Tim Eckermann and Ervin Perkowski (RHIT), 6-2

  2. Luke Saylor & Rohit Jain (CWRU) def. Eli McIntyre & Chris Lian (RHIT), 6-4

  3. Marko McRae & Glen Ngo (CWRU) def. Andrew Leonard & Joao Henrique Nossar, 6-4 *

  • Singles

  1. Derek Shiffer (CWRU) def. Joao Henrique Nossar (RHIT), 6-3, 6-1

  2. JT Bilski (CWRU) def. Ervin Perkowski (RHIT), 6-4, 3-6, 6-1

  3. Luke Saylor (CWRU) def. Tim Eckermann (RHIT), 6-2, 6-4

  4. Glen Ngo (CWRU) def. Chris Lian (RHIT), 3-6, 6-4, 10-4

  5. Ethan Jacob (CWRU) def. Ephraim Guthrie (RHIT), 6-1, 6-3 *

  6. Xander Jhaveri (CWRU) def. Eli McIntyre (RHIT), 6-2, 7-6 (3)

  • Order of Finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (1,3,5) | * indicates clinching win

#5 CWRU def. DePauw, 7-0

  • Doubles

  1. Trey Lambright & Bryce Ware (CWRU) def. Finley Buelte & Will Cramer (DEPAUW), 7-5

  2. Leon Chen & Jon Totorica (CWRU) def. Scott Anderson & Thomas Hargreave (DEPAUW), 6-4 *

  3. Rohan Bhat & Anmay Devaraj (CWRU) def. Paul Castleman & Will Hutchinson (DEPAUW), 6-4

  • Singles

  1. Santiago Salazar Garza (CWRU) def. Finley Buelte (DEPAUW), 6-3, 6-4

  2. Anmay Devaraj (CWRU) def. Scott Anderson (DEPAUW), 6-2, 7-5

  3. Matthew Plunkett (CWRU) def. Paul Castleman (DEPAUW), 6-4, 7-5

  4. Jon Totorica (CWRU) def. Viktor Ronnberg (DEPAUW), 6-1, 6-0

  5. Rohan Bhat (CWRU) def. Will Hutchinson (DEPAUW), 6-3, 6-1 *

  6. Josh Davydov (CWRU) def. Will Cramer (DEPAUW), 6-1, 6-2

  • Order of Finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (4,6,5,1,2,3) | * indicates clinching win

Clinch Count

The following are the Spartans' 2026 leaders in doubles-point and match-clinching wins:

  • Doubles: Totorica/ Chen (2), Salazar Garza/ Shiffer (1), McRae & Ngo (1)

  • Match: Bilski (1), Bhat (1), Jacob (1), Salazar Garza (1)

Spartan Notes

  • Including the fall, CWRU improved to 144-52 (.735) in singles play and 57-28 (.671) in doubles action as a team this season following Friday's action.

  • Davydov stands at a team-best 11-1 in singles action this season, while Jain remained undefeated with an 8-0 singles record.

  • Chen and Totorica improved to 9-2 in doubles matches this year.

Up Next

The Spartans will be back in action next Friday, February 13, returning home to host Kalamazoo College at 3:00 p.m. and Allegheny College at 6:00 p.m. at the Mayfield Village Racquet Club in Mayfield, Ohio.

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