Men’s Tennis Defeats Mercyhurst 8-1

Feb. 3 – (ERIE, Pa.) – Carnegie Mellon University men's tennis traveled to Erie Pa. this afternoon, Sunday, February 3 to take on Division II opponent Mercyhurst College. The Tartans, ranked 14th in Division III, opened its spring season with an 8-1 victory over the Lakers. The win improves Carnegie Mellon’s dual record to 4-1, as Mercyhurst drops to 0-3.

Singles:
1. James Muliawan (CMUM) def. Tim Hansson (MC) 6-4, 6-2
2. Alex Nemerov (CMUM) def. Mateusz Przybysz (MC) 6-4, 7-5
3. Jon Spero (CMUM) def. Mijo Cotic (MC) 6-3, 6-3
4. Andrew Clearfield (CMUM) def. Bobby Brown (MC) 6-1, 6-1
5. Ravi Raghavan (CMUM) def. Ronald Heurich (MC) 6-2, 6-3
6. Yiran Liu (CMUM) def. Kyle King (MC) 6-0, 6-2

Doubles:
1. Raghavan/MacTaggart (CMUM) def. Hansson/Przybysz (MC) 8-3
2. Clearfield/Muliawan (CMUM) def. Marnik/Cotic (MC) 8-4
3. King/Heurich (MC) def. Liu/Nemerov (CMUM) 9-7

The Tartans will be back in action Saturday, February 9, as they host West Virginia Wesleyan at 2:30 p.m.  The match is set to take place at the Oxford Athletic Club North.