MONROEVILLE, Pa. -- The Allegheny College men's tennis team faced a pair of challenging opponents to open the spring portion of the 2025-26 season Saturday on the indoor courts at the Rashid Hassan Tennis Center.

Allegheny's doubleheader began with a 6-1 loss to No. 18 nationally-ranked Carnegie Mellon University, before falling to Oberlin College by a 5-2 final score.

Against the No. 18 Tartans (1-0), whose lineup featured the eighth-ranked singles player in Division III, the Gators (5-2) earned a victory in the fifth singles match. Junior Javier Bejarano Jimenez (El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain/IES Padre Luis Coloma) swept Braden Chavez in their first set and completed the win in the second set, 6-3. Senior Benedek Kaibas (Salgótarján, Hungary/Mikszáth Kálmán Gimnázium) pushed his opponent to a super tiebreaker in the sixth spot, but was unable to complete the comeback in a 0-6, 7-6 (3), 0-1 (2) loss.

Bejarano Jimenez also earned one of Allegheny's two points against Oberlin (1-1), a tough Central Region foe. He rebounded from a first-set loss to defeat Cameron Weiss in a tiebreaker, 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (3). Out of the No. 1 spot, freshman Adam Memije (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) beat Shawn Lisann with identical 6-3 set scores.

Doubles Results vs. No. 18 CMU
1. Diogo Tinoco / Alex Feies def. Levente Mihaly / Olivier Erkens 6-4
2. Raghav Jangbahadur / Ian Miller def. Benedek Kaibas / Zidaan Hassan 6-1
3. Akshay Joshi / Rian Merchant def. David Rodriguez / Reid Stasolla 6-0

Singles Results vs. No. 18 CMU
1. #8 Alex Feies def. Adam Memije 6-0, 6-0
2. Diogo Tinoco def. Levente Mihaly 6-1, 6-0
3. Raghav Jangbahadur def. Olivier Erkens 6-1, 6-2
4. Ian Miller def. David Rodriguez 6-0, 6-0
5. Javier Bejarano Jimenez def. Braden Chavez 6-0, 6-3
6. Chaitanya Irkar def. Benedek Kaibas 6-0, 6-7 (3), 1-0 (2)

Doubles Results vs. Oberlin
1. Shawn Lisann / Dash Smith def. Olivier Erkens / Levente Mihaly, 6-4
2. Sebastien Naginski / Zain Makada def. Adam Memije / Benedek Kaibas, 6-4
3. Enrique Margain / Cameron Weiss def. Zidaan Hassan / Reid Stasolla, 6-3

Singles Results vs. Oberlin
1. Adam Memije def. Shawn Lisann, 6-3, 6-3
2. Zain Makada def. Levente Mihaly, 7-5, 6-2
3. Dash Smith def. David Rodriguez, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
4. Enrique Margain def. Olivier Erkens, 6-2, 6-3
5. Javier Bejarano Jimenez def. Cameron Weiss, 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (3)
6. Max Brose def. Zidaan Hassan, 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (3)

Up Next
The Gators will make the short trip to Cleveland, Ohio, for a match against No. 5 nationally-ranked Case Western Reserve University on Friday, February 13, at noon.