The fifth-ranked Case Western Reserve University Spartans opened up play at the 2026 NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Championship with a 4-1 win over 63rd-ranked Ohio Northern University in the second round on Saturday morning at the Medical Mutual Tennis Pavilion in Cleveland.

The Spartans improved to 27-8 overall with the win, while the Polar Bears ended their campaign with a 14-9 mark.

Up Next

CWRU will advance to the third round of the NCAA Division III Championship on Sunday at the Carlton Courts in Cleveland against the winner of the other second-round match between 15th-ranked Mary Washington and Whitman. The match is scheduled for a noon start.

Stats and Standouts

• The Spartans recovered after the doubles point, winning each of the five singles matches that were decided and leading in the sixth when play was stopped due to decision.

• Sophomore Rowan Matorin picked up the straight-set win at no. 5 singles to clinch the match for CWRU.

• 29th-ranked senior Matthew Plunkett evened the score at 1-1 with a win at no. 2 singles, while junior Santiago Salazar Garza gave the Spartans their first lead of the match with his straight-set victory at no. 1 singles. Graduate student Ansh Shah added a straight-set win at no. 4 singles to put CWRU a victory away from clinching.

• Seniors Anmay Devaraj and Rohan Bhat picked up the only doubles win of the match for the Spartans with a 6-1 victory. Bhat and Devaraj also led in the third and sixth singles matches, respectively when play was stopped.

Individual Results

• Doubles

1. Tyler Wood/Dylan Catanese (ONU) def. Bryce Ware/Trey Lambright (CWRU), 7-5
2. Ethan Remy/Aiden Yeager (ONU) def. Rowan Matorin/Santiago Salazar Garza (CWRU), 7-6 (7) *
3. Rohan Bhat/Anmay Devaraj (CWRU) def. Kessler Hackenberger/Noah Ehret (ONU), 6-1

• Singles

1. Santiago Salazar Garza (CWRU) def. Aiden Yeager (ONU), 6-0, 6-1
2. Matthew Plunkett (CWRU) def. Tyler Wood (ONU), 6-1, 6-1
3. Anmay Devaraj (CWRU) def. Ethan Remy (ONU), 6-0, 5-2, unfinished
4. Ansh Shah (CWRU) def. Dylan Catanese (ONU), 6-0, 6-2
5. Rowan Matorin (CWRU) def. Kessler Hackenberger (ONU), 6-4, 6-4 *
6. Rohan Bhat (CWRU) vs. Nick Miller (ONU), 6-3, 4-2, unfinished

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

Clinch Tracker

• Doubles

  • Bryce Ware/ Trey Lambright (5), Rohan Bhat/ Anmay Devaraj (5), Jon Totorica/ Leon Chen (4), 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), Trey Lambright/ Justin Prochnow (1), Anmay Devaraj/ Bryce Ware (1), Santiago Salazar Garza/ Rowan Matorin (1)

• Singles

  • Anmay Devaraj (6), JT Bilski (3), Rowan Matorin (3), Rohan Bhat (2), Santiago Salazar Garza (2), Benjamin Fernandez (2), Ethan Jacob (1), Rohit Jain (1), Xander Jhaveri (1), Konrad Kwiatkowski (1), Glen Ngo (1), Nikhil Ramani (1), Ansh Shah (1)

Spartan Notes

• CWRU, making its ninth NCAA Tournament appearance all-time, improved to 24-7 in postseason play.

• The Spartans won their last three meetings against Ohio Northern dating back to the 2013 season, including a 2-0 mark in NCAA Tournament matches.

• This is the sixth-straight season that the Spartans have made the third round of the NCAA Championship.

• CWRU now stands at 258-103 (.715) in singles play and 109-62 (.637) in doubles matches this season.

• The Spartans improved to 4-3 in matches where they dropped the doubles point this season.