HARMARVILLE, Pa. -- The Allegheny College men's tennis team opened the spring portion of the 2024-25 season with a 6-1 loss against No. 21 nationally-ranked Carnegie Mellon University at Alpha Tennis and Fitness in Harmarville, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.

Allegheny (3-4) took only one match point from Carnegie Mellon (1-0) in the No. 2 spot in singles. In his first collegiate match, freshman Kristian Janci (Kysucké Nové Mesto, Slovakia/The British International School Shanghai) took down CMU freshman Takeshi Koey in straight sets with identical scores of 6-3.

Junior David Rodriguez (St. Ann's, Trinidad & Tobago/Fatima College) and sophomore Javier Bejarano Jimenez (El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain/IES Padre Luis Coloma) extended their singles matches beyond the second set. Rodriguez rebounded to take the second set against Fernando Limon by a 6-2 score, but Limon escaped the third with a 7-5 victory. Bejarano Jimenez evened his contest against Daniel Kong with a 6-4 win in the second set, but Kong took the third, 10-7, to seal his win.

Doubles Results
1. Alex Feies / Akshay Joshi def. Anton Hedlund / Kristian Janci, 6-1
2. Jonathan Gu / Theodore Gershon def. Arick Baldwin / David Rodriguez, 6-4
3. Will Secord / Brendan Hendrata def. Levente Mihaly / Benedek Kaibas, 6-2

Singles Results
1. No. 4 Alex Feies def. Anton Hedlund, 6-0, 6-0
2. Kristian Janci def. Takeshi Koey, 6-3, 6-3
3. Fernando Limon def. David Rodriguez, 6-0, 2-6, 7-5
4. Brendan Hendrata def. Levente Mihaly, 6-1, 6-4
5. Daniel Kong def. Javier Bejarano Jimenez, 6-2, 4-6, 10-7
6. Braden Chavez def. Arick Baldwin, 6-3, 6-2

Up Next
The Gators have another matchup against a ranked opponent on Friday, February 7, when they visit No. 4 Case Western Reserve at 4:00 p.m.