The third-ranked Case Western Reserve University men's tennis team opened play on its spring break trip on Tuesday with three wins, claiming a 6-1 victory over Division II St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas, and claiming a 7-0 win over East Texas Baptist University and a 5-2 win against Covenant College in Orlando, Florida.
The Spartans now stand at 14-2 for the season, while St. Mary's dropped to 9-2, East Texas Baptist fell to 6-5, and Covenant moved to 7-4.
Stats and Standouts
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The Spartans finished the day 6-3 in doubles matches and 15-3 in singles contests.
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Junior Santiago Salazar Garza won his no. 1 singles match against St. Mary's Lucas Castillo Sanchez, the 40th-ranked player in Division II.
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Sophomore Rowan Matorin provided the clincher at no. 5 singles for the Spartans in their match against the Rattlers, while senior Matthew Plunkett (no. 2), sophomore Jon Totorica (no. 3), and senior Josh Davydov (no. 6 singles) also had singles wins in the match.
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CWRU secured the doubles point against St. Mary's with a win from graduate student Bryce Ware and junior Trey Lambright at no. 1 doubles, and the clinching victory from seniors Rohan Bhat and Anmay Devaraj at no. 3 doubles.
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10 different Spartans won a singles match during the team's two contests in Orlando on Tuesday.
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First-year Shay Gupta highlighted the team's performance against the Tigers and the Scots, winning a doubles match in each contest, and claiming a three-set win at no. 3 singles against Covenant.
#3 CWRU def. St. Mary's, 6-1
- Ware, Bryce/Lambright, Trey (CWRU) def. Castillo Sanchez, L./Rosales, Fabian (SMU) 6-2
- Baldonado, Lincoln/Gavrilonoks, Nikita (SMU) def. Chen, Leon/Totorica, Jon (CWRU) 6-4
- Bhat, Rohan/Devaraj, Anmay (CWRU) def. Velter, Victor/Smalto, Florian (SMU) 6-3 *
- Salazar Garza, Sant. (CWRU) def. Castillo Sanchez, L. (SMU) 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
- Plunkett, Matthew (CWRU) def. Fabbri, Leonardo (SMU) 6-3, 7-5
- Totorica, Jon (CWRU) def. Gavrilonoks, Nikita (SMU) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
- Smalto, Florian (SMU) def. Bhat, Rohan (CWRU) 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 6-3
- Matorin, Rowan (CWRU) def. Ben Anton, Aaron (SMU) 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 *
- Davydov, Josh (CWRU) def. Baldonado, Lincoln (SMU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
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Order of Finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (2,6,5,1,3,4) | * indicates clinching win
#3 CWRU def. East Texas Baptist, 7-0
- Jain, Rohit/Saylor, Luke (CWRU) def. Black, Sam/Karseno, Max (ETBU) 7-5 *
- Armbruster, Mark/Van Zyl, Erick (ETBU) def. McRae, Marko/Ngo, Glen (CWRU) 6-3
- Gupta, Shay/Kwiatkowski, Konrad (CWRU) def. Daniell, Jacob/Berthier, Baptiste (ETBU) 6-4
- Bilski, JT (CWRU) def. Black, Sam (ETBU) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7)
- Kwiatkowski, Konrad (CWRU) def. Armbruster, Mark (ETBU) 6-2, 6-2
- Jain, Rohit (CWRU) def. Van Zyl, Erick (ETBU) 6-4, 6-0 *
- Ramani, Nikhil (CWRU) def. Karseno, Max (ETBU) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6)
- Saylor, Luke (CWRU) def. Berthier, Baptiste (ETBU) 7-5, 6-2
- Jacob, Ethan (CWRU) def. Daniell, Jacob (ETBU) 6-1, 6-2
Order of Finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (6,2,3,5,1,4) | * indicates clinching win
#3 CWRU def. Covenant, 5-2
- Domkowski, Caleb/Onufrock, Ben (COVENANT) def. Saylor, Luke/Jain, Rohit (CWRU) 6-4
- Gupta, Shay/McRae, Marko (CWRU) def. Hayes, Graham/Boehling, Brock (COVENANT) 7-6 *
- Jhaveri, Xander/Jacob, Ethan (CWRU) def. Patton, Gavin/Shine, Lincoln (COVENANT) 6-1
- Onufrock, Ben (COVENANT) def. Bilski, JT (CWRU) 7-6, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6)
- Domkowski, Caleb (COVENANT) def. McRae, Marko (CWRU) 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4)
- Gupta, Shay (CWRU) def. Hayes, Graham (COVENANT) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7)
- Jhaveri, Xander (CWRU) def. Boehling, Brock (COVENANT) 6-1, 6-1
- Ngo, Glen (CWRU) def. Patton, Gavin (COVENANT) 6-2, 6-2
- Fernandez, Ben (CWRU) def. Eldridge, Jacob (COVENANT) 6-2, 6-1 *
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Order of Finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (5,4,6,2,3,1) | * indicates clinching win
Clinch Count
The following are the Spartans' 2026 leaders in doubles-point and match-clinching wins:
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Doubles: Jon Totorica/ Leon Chen (4), Rohan Bhat/ Anmay Devaraj (3), Bryce Ware/ Trey Lambright (2), Santiago Salazar Garza/ Derek Shiffer (1), Marko McRae/ Glen Ngo (1), Rohit Jain/ Rowan Matorin (1), Rohit Jain/ Luke Saylor (1), Shay Gupta/ Marko McRae (1)
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Singles: JT Bilski (3), Anmay Devaraj (3), Rohan Bhat (2), Santiago Salazar Garza (2), Benjamin Fernandez (1), Ethan Jacob (1), Rohit Jain (1), Rowan Matorin (1)
Spartan Notes
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CWRU has won the doubles point in each of its last five matches and in 14 of its 15 matches overall this spring.
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The Spartans' 7-0 win over East Texas Baptist was their ninth sweep through 16 dual matches.
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Including the fall, CWRU stands at 175-70 (.714) in singles play and 71-38 (.651) in doubles action as a team this season following Tuesday's action. The Spartans have a combined .792 (76-20) winning percentage in singles matches and .771 (37-11) doubles winning percentage in dual matches.
Up Next
The Spartans will continue their spring break trip on Wednesday, facing 14th-ranked Trinity in San Antonio, Texas, at noon ET, and taking on Dickinson at 11:30 a.m. and North Central in an exhibition at 3:00 p.m. in Altamonte Springs, Florida.