The third-ranked Case Western Reserve University men's tennis team continued play on its spring break trip on Wednesday, falling 4-3 to 14th-ranked Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, while besting Dickinson College 7-0 in Altamonte Springs, Florida.
CWRU also played an exhibition match against North Central College on Wednesday in Altamonte Springs, winning 7-0 over the Cardinals.
CWRU now stands at 15-3 overall for the season, while Trinity improved to 5-3 and Dickinson dropped to 1-8.
Stats and Standouts
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CWRU finished the day 8-1 in doubles matches and 14-4 in singles contests.
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Despite falling to Trinity, the Spartans picked up two wins over ranked opponents during the match, as unranked junior Santiago Salazar Garza bested 16th-ranked Kishan Kersten 7-5, 6-2 in the no. 1 singles match, while 17th-ranked graduate student Bryce Ware and junior Trey Lambright defeated 23rd-ranked Jared Perry and Kersten 6-1 at no. 1 doubles.
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Seniors Rohan Bhat and Anmay Devaraj clinched the doubles point in the match for the Spartans with a 6-3 win at no. 3 doubles.
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Bhat also won his match at no. 5 singles for CWRU. Four of the six singles matches against Trinity went to three sets.
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First-year Xander Jhaveri won a pair of singles matches in Altamonte Springs, while 10 other Spartans claimed a singles victory during the day,
#14 Trinity def. #3 CWRU, 4-3
- Lambright, Trey/Ware, Bryce (CWRU) def. Perry, Jared/Kersten, Kishan (TRINITY) 6-1
- Flores, Ethan/Kamath, Roshin (TRINITY) def. Chen, Leon/Totorica, Jon (CWRU) 6-2
- Bhat, Rohan/Devaraj, Anmay (CWRU) def. Dhanani, Aashish/Kaczmarczyk, Conor (TRINITY) 6-3 *
- Salazar Garza, Sant. (CWRU) def. Kersten, Kishan (TRINITY) 7-5, 6-2
- Perry, Jared (TRINITY) def. Plunkett, Matthew (CWRU) 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
- Dhanani, Aashish (TRINITY) def. Devaraj, Anmay (CWRU) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 *
- Warren, Ryan (TRINITY) def. Totorica, Jon (CWRU) 7-5, 6-4
- Bhat, Rohan (CWRU) def. Kaczmarczyk, Conor (TRINITY) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Kamath, Roshin (TRINITY) def. Davydov, Josh (CWRU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
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Order of Finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (4,1,2,6,3,5) | * indicates clinching win
#3 CWRU def. Dickinson, 7-0
- Jacob, Ethan/Kwiatkowski, Konrad (CWRU) def. Daraban, David/Bogle, Lucas (DC) 6-2
- Saylor, Luke/Ngo, Glen (CWRU) def. Allen, Drew/Chow, Eddy (DC) 6-2
- Fernandez, Ben/Ramani, Nikhil (CWRU) def. Buskhrikidze, Sandro/Whiting, Ryan (DC) 6-2
- Kwiatkowski, Konrad (CWRU) def. Daraban, David (DC) 6-1, 6-4
- McRae, Marko (CWRU) def. Bogle, Lucas (DC) 6-3, 6-2
- Jhaveri, Xander (CWRU) def. Allen, Drew (DC) 6-0, 6-1
- Gupta, Shay (CWRU) def. Buskhrikidze, Sandro (DC) 6-4, 6-2
- Ngo, Glen (CWRU) def. Weaver, Jack (DC) 6-0, 6-0
- Fernandez, Ben (CWRU) def. MacIntosh, Aidan (DC) 6-0, 6-2 *
Order of Finish: Singles (5,3,6,1,4,2) | * indicates clinching win
#3 CWRU def. North Central, 7-0 (Exhibition)
- Jain, Rohit/Saylor, Luke (CWRU) def. Ros, Henry/Valverde, Andres (NCC) 6-2
- McRae, Marko/ Gupta, Shay (CWRU) def. Lessa, Rafael/Wottgen, Philipp (NCC) 7-6 (5)
- Jacob, Ethan/Bilski, JT (CWRU) def. Crossland, Matt/Vilarroig Martinez, David (NCC) 6-4
- Bilski, JT (CWRU) def. Wottgen, Philipp (NCC) 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (3)
- Jain, Rohit (CWRU) def. Ros, Henry (NCC) 6-2, 7-6 (2)
- Ramani, Nikhil (CWRU) def. Valverde, Andres (NCC) 6-1, 6-4
- Saylor, Luke (CWRU) def. Lessa, Rafael (NCC) 7-6 (7), 6-1
- Jhaveri, Xander (CWRU) def. Hernandez Ruiz, Ignacio (NCC) 6-1, 6-1
- Jacob, Ethan (CWRU) def. Briggs, Jack (NCC) 6-2, 6-1
Clinch Count
The following are the Spartans' 2026 leaders in doubles-point and match-clinching wins:
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Doubles: Rohan Bhat/ Anmay Devaraj (5), Jon Totorica/ Leon Chen (4), 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 (2), Ethan Jacob (1), Rohit Jain (1), Rowan Matorin (1)
Spartan Notes
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Salazar Garza improved to a team-best 17-4 in singles matches this season, including a 9-2 mark in the spring and an 8-2 record in no. 1 singles matches.
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CWRU has won the doubles point in each of its last seven matches and in 17 of its 18 matches overall this spring.
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The Spartans' 7-0 win over Dickinson was their 10th sweep through 18 dual matches.
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Including the fall, CWRU stands at 189-74 (.719) in singles play and 79-39 (.669) in doubles action as a team this season following Wednesday's action. The Spartans have a combined .778 (84-24) winning percentage in singles matches, and a .778 (42-12) doubles winning percentage in dual matches.
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The Spartans improved to 2-0 all-time against Dickinson, including an 8-1 win in 2019.
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CWRU saw a stretch of three-straight wins against Trinity come to a close, as the team fell to 4-5 all-time against the Tigers.
Up Next
The Spartans will be back in action on Thursday with four more matches. In Georgetown, Texas, CWRU will take on a pair of nationally-ranked teams in no. 15 WashU at 11:00 a.m. ET and 36th-ranked Southwestern University at 3:00 p.m. ET, while in Florida, the Spartans will take on Piedmont University at 7:30 a.m. at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, before playing an exhibition against 35th-ranked Skidmore College at 12:30 p.m. at the Winter Park Racquet Club in Winter Park.