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The CWRU men's tennis team posing on the Southwestern courts
0
West Chester University WCU (1-4)
7
Winner Case Western Reserve Univ. CWR-M (18-4)
West Chester University WCU
(1-4)
0
Final
7
Case Western Reserve Univ. CWR-M
(18-4)
Winner
3
Swarthmore College SWAT (5-5)
4
Winner Case Western Reserve Univ. CWR-M (19-4)
Swarthmore College SWAT
(5-5)
3
Final
4
Case Western Reserve Univ. CWR-M
(19-4)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

No. 3 Spartans Cap Off Spring Break with Win over #9 Swarthmore

The third-ranked Case Western Reserve University men's tennis team finished off its spring break trip in thrilling fashion, coming from behind to defeat ninth-ranked Swarthmore College 4-3 in Georgetown, Texas, on Friday afternoon. The Spartans also claimed a 7-0 win over West Chester University earlier in the day in Orlando, Florida.

The Spartans went 8-2 over spring break, split between Florida and Texas, to improve to 19-4 overall for the season. Swarthmore dropped to 5-5, while West Chester fell to 1-4.

Stats and Standouts

  • CWRU went 3-3 in doubles matches and 10-2 in singles contests on Friday.

  • The Spartans battled back after dropping all three doubles matches against Swarthmore to win the match. Senior Anmay Devaraj provided the clinching win, breaking a 3-3 tie with a three-set win at no. 3 singles against Nikola Galov.

  • Senior Matthew Plunkett bested Max Lindstrom, ranked 25th in Division III, at no. 2 singles during the match, while sophomores Jon Totorica (no. 4 singles) and Rowan Matorin (no. 6 singles) each added victories for CWRU.

  • Against West Chester, sophomore Konrad Kwiatkowski clinched the doubles point with first-year Shay Gupta at no. 2 doubles and clinched the match with a straight-set win in the first singles match.

#3 CWRU def. #9 Swarthmore, 4-3

  • Doubles

  1. Koduri, Utham/Melnikov, Michael (SWAT) def. Lambright, Trey/Ware, Bryce (CWRU) 6-2
  2. Chen, Kai/Fente, Andres (SWAT) def. Chen, Leon/Totorica, Jon (CWRU) 6-3 *
  3. Lindstrom, Max/Zhang, Winston (SWAT) def. Bhat, Rohan/Devaraj, Anmay (CWRU) 6-3

  • Singles

  1. Melnikov, Michael (SWAT) def. Salazar Garza, Sant. (CWRU) 6-3, 6-2
  2. Plunkett, Matthew (CWRU) def. Lindstrom, Max (SWAT) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
  3. Devaraj, Anmay (CWRU) def. Galov, Nikola (SWAT) 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (8-10), 6-4 *
  4. Totorica, Jon (CWRU) def. Verma, Rishi (SWAT) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
  5. Suresh, Lalith (SWAT) def. Bhat, Rohan (CWRU) 6-2, 6-3
  6. Matorin, Rowan (CWRU) def. Sadikov, Seth (SWAT) 6-0, 6-3

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

#3 CWRU def. West Chester, 7-0

  • Doubles

  1. Jain, Rohit/Saylor, Luke (CWRU) def. Melotti, Alessandro/Styliades, Nick (WCU) 6-0
  2. Kwiatkowski, Konrad/Gupta, Shay (CWRU) def. Bull, Zack/Beirana-Guzman, Juan (WCU) 6-2 *
  3. Ngo, Glen/Fernandez, Ben (CWRU) def. Joly, Thomaz/Bunch, Ashton (WCU) 6-3

  • Singles

  1. Kwiatkowski, Konrad (CWRU) def. Melotti, Alessandro (WCU) 6-4, 6-3 *
  2. Bilski, JT (CWRU) def. Beirana-Guzman, Juan (WCU) 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (13-11)
  3. Ramani, Nikhil (CWRU) def. Joly, Thomaz (WCU) 6-2, 6-1
  4. McRae, Marko (CWRU) def. Abbott, Anthony (WCU) 6-1, 6-0
  5. Jacob, Ethan (CWRU) def. Jovicic, Georgije (WCU) 6-1, 6-0
  6. Ngo, Glen (CWRU) def. Pascale, Nico (WCU) 6-1, 6-1

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

Clinch Count

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

Spartan Notes

  • CWRU finished their spring break drop with a combined 58-14 (.806) record in singles matches and a 21-15 (.583) mark in doubles contests.

  • The Spartans' sweep over West Chester was the team's 12th 7-0 win of the campaign.

  • CWRU has won the doubles point in 19 of its 23 matches this season. The Spartans are 17-2 when winning the doubles point.

  • The Spartans improved to 5-0 all-time against Swarthmore.

  • Friday's game was the first-ever meeting between CWRU and West Chester.

  • Including the fall, CWRU stands at 218-81 (.729) in singles play and 86-50 (.632) in doubles action as a team this season following Friday's action. The Spartans have a combined .790 (109-29) winning percentage in singles matches, and a .696 (48-21) doubles winning percentage in dual matches.

  • First-year Xander Jhaveri led the team in singles wins over spring break, going 5-0. Matorin went 4-0 in singles matches in Texas, while Totorica was 4-1.

Up Next

Case Western Reserve will be off for the next two weeks before returning to action on Saturday, March 28, against eighth-ranked Emory University at the Mayfield Village Racquet Club in Mayfield, Ohio at 5:00 p.m.

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