#14 Men's Tennis Hands Case an 8-1 Setback

Mar. 1 – (OBERLIN, Ohio) – The Carnegie Mellon University men's tennis team traveled to Oberlin, Ohio Saturday, March 1 to play University Athletic Association foe Case Western Reserve in a non-association match-up. The 14th-ranked Tartans came away with a 9-0 win over the Spartans moving their record to 7-2.

Following a sweep in doubles play, five of six Tartans claimed straight set victories in singles. Sophomore James Muliawan (Wyckoff, N.J./Ramapo) highlighted the Cardinal and Gray with a shutout over Mike Peterson at third singles 6-0, 6-0.

Singles:
1. Joe Smetona (CWR) def. Bobby Mactaggart (CMU) 6-4, 6-7(9), 6-4
2. Alex Nemerov (CMU) def. Allen Ye (CWR) 6-2, 6-1
3. James Muliawan (CMU) def. Mike Peterson (CWR) 6-0, 6-0
4. Andrew Clearfield (CMU) def. Kenny Nguyen 6-2, 6-2
5. Jon Spero (CMU) def. Adam Erickson (CWR) 7-5, 6-1
6. Ravi Raghavan (CMU) def. Zach Newman (CWR) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles:
1. Muliawan/Mactaggart (CMU) def. Smetona/John Smetona (CWR) 8-5
2. Raghavan/Clearfield (CMU) def. Ye/Peterson (CWR) 8-3
3. Nemerov/Ljuboja (CMU) def. Nguyen/Erickson (CWR) 9-7