MAYFIELD, Ohio --Â The Allegheny College men's tennis team challenged No. 5 nationally-ranked Case Western Reserve University in a 7-0 loss on Friday night at the Mayfield Village Racquet Club.Â
The Spartans (6-0), who reached the Division III Championship finals last spring, preserved their undefeated start to the season by taking down the Gators (5-3).
Although Allegheny was held without a point, the Blue and Gold beat CWRU in the No. 2 doubles match. The duo
Adam Memije (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) and
Benedek Kaibas (Salgótarján, Hungary/Mikszáth Kálmán Gimnázium) defeated Rohit Jain and Luke Saylor, 6-4. The Gators also contended with the Spartans in the other two doubles matches, including a narrow 7-5 loss in the No. 1 spot by
Olivier Erkens (Gouda, Netherlands/Coornhert Gymnasium) and
Levente Mihaly (Békéscsaba, Hungary/Békéscsabai SZC Széchenyi István).
Allegheny didn't take a set in singles competition, but Memije took four games off regionally-ranked Matthew Plunkett in the No. 1 match and
Zidaan Hassan (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) won five games against Jain in the No. 6 match.
Doubles Results
1. Leon Chen / Jon Totorica def.
Olivier Erkens /
Levente Mihaly, 7-5
2.
Adam Memije /
Benedek Kaibas def. Rohit Jain / Luke Saylor, 6-4
3. Justin Prochnow / Derek Shiffer def.
David Rodriguez /
Javier Bejarano Jimenez, 6-3
Singles Results
1. Matthew Plunkett def.
Adam Memije, 6-1, 6-3
2. Ansh Shah def.
Levente Mihaly, 6-1, 6-2
3. Jon Totorica def.
David Rodriguez, 6-0, 6-1
4. JT Bilski def.
Olivier Erkens, 6-0, 6-0
5. Bryce Ware def.
Javier Bejarano Jimenez, 6-2, 6-1
6. Rohit Jain def.
Zidaan Hassan, 6-3, 6-2
Up Next
Allegheny opens its spring break trip in Central Florida against another nationally-ranked team, as the Gators face No. 24 Christopher Newport University on Monday, March 2, at 11 a.m.
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