The Case Western Reserve University men's tennis team, ranked sixth in Division III, dropped a 6-1 decision to 12th-ranked Emory University on Saturday night at the Mayfield Village Racquet Club in Mayfield, Ohio.

The loss ended a three-game winning streak for the Spartans, who dropped to 19-5 overall, while Emory won its fifth consecutive match to improve to 9-5.

Stats and Standouts

• CWRU clinched the doubles point with wins from seniors Rohan Bhat and Anmay Devaraj at no. 3 doubles and the clincher from junior Trey Lambright and graduate student Bryce Ware at no. 1 doubles.

• Despite winning the doubles point, CWRU was swept in singles play. Four of the six singles matches went to a third set.

Individual Results

• Doubles

1. Lambright, Trey/Ware, Bryce (CWR-M) def. Feng, Ruilin/Kartik, Ajay (EMORY) 6-3 *
2. Lasanajak, John/Kamenev, Dean (EMORY) def. Shiffer, Derek/Prochnow, Justin (CWR-M) 6-2
3. Bhat, Rohan/Devaraj, Anmay (CWR-M) def. Kim, Daniel/Johnstone, Matthew (EMORY) 6-1

• Singles

1. Feng, Ruilin (EMORY) def. Salazar Garza, Sant. (CWRU) 6-1, 6-1
2. Kamenev, Dean (EMORY) def. Plunkett, Matthew (CWRU) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (9-7)
3. Kim, Daniel (EMORY) def. Devaraj, Anmay (CWRU) 2-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
4. Kartik, Ajay (EMORY) def. Shah, Ansh (CWRU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
5. Johnstone, Matthew (EMORY) def. Totorica, Jon (CWRU) 7-6 (10-8), 6-2
6. Karatosic, Stefan (EMORY) def. Bhat, Rohan (CWRU) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 *

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

Clinch Count

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

• Doubles: Rohan Bhat/ Anmay Devaraj (5), Jon Totorica/ Leon Chen (4), Bryce Ware/ Trey Lambright (3), 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), Konrad Kwiatkowski/ Shay Gupta (1)

• Singles: Anmay Devaraj (4), JT Bilski (3), Rohan Bhat (2), Santiago Salazar Garza (2), Benjamin Fernandez (2), Ethan Jacob (1), Rohit Jain (1), Xander Jhaveri (1), Konrad Kwiatkowski (1), Rowan Matorin (1)

Spartan Notes

• Saturday's loss was the first home setback of the season for the Spartans, who dropped to 3-1 on their home court.

• CWRU has won the doubles point in 20 of its 24 matches this season. The Spartans are 17-3 when winning the doubles point.

• Lambright and Ware improved to 15-6 together this season in doubles matches, while Bhat and Devaraj raised their doubles record to 12-6, including an 11-2 mark in dual matches.

• Including the fall, CWRU stands at 218-87 (.715) in singles play and 88-51 (.633) in doubles action as a team this season following Friday's action. The Spartans have a combined .757 (109-35) winning percentage in singles matches, and a .695 (50-22) doubles winning percentage in dual matches.

• Saturday's loss ended the Spartans' five-match winning streak against Emory, dating back to the 2022 campaign.

Up Next

The Spartans will be back in action next weekend with three matches, facing 14th-ranked Kenyon College on Friday, April 3, at noon in Oberlin, Ohio, and RIT twice on Saturday, April 4, at the Carlton Courts in Cleveland.