SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The No. 11 Swarthmore College men's tennis team took down two opponents on Saturday, winning 8-1 against Stevens Institute of Technology then defeating Centennial Conference foe Dickinson College, 9-0.
The victories gave the Garnet a four-match win streak. Eight Garnet players earned multiple wins on the day, led by
Aadhi Raja and
Kevin Jiang with three apiece.
HOW IT HAPPENED (vs. Stevens)
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Michael Melnikov and
Utham Koduri got Swarthmore going with an 8-2 victory at first doubles.
Max Lindstrom and Raja also cruised to an 8-2 win at the third spot.
Andres Fente and
Rushil Patel were locked in a tight battle at second doubles but came out on top in a tiebreak.
- Jiang picked up the first singles win of the day. He took the opening set, 6-3, then cruised to a 6-0 triumph in the closer at third singles.
- Melnikov upped his win streak to five with a 6-3, 6-2 victory at the top spot.
Rishi Verma extended his streak of victories to nine with a 6-4, 6-4 decision at fifth singles.
- Lindstrom came through with a 6-3, 7-5 success at second singles to make the score 7-0. The Ducks picked up their lone win at the fourth spot before
Lalith Suresh finished the match with a 7-6, 6-2 win at the sixth flight.
HOW IT HAPPENED (vs. Dickinson)
- Jiang teamed up with
Winston Zhang for an 8-1 rout at third doubles to get the match underway.
Aamish Pal and
Phil Rehwinkel played to an 8-2 victory at the second position then
Max Pogorelov and Raja completed the doubles sweep with an 8-3 win at the first flight.
- Jiang earned the slot at first singles and dropped just one game en route to a 6-0, 6-1 win. He has won four consecutive matches.
- Rehwinkel shut out his opponent with a 6-0, 6-0 whitewash at third singles. Koduri did the same at the fifth position.
- Pal made quick work of his competition at second singles, winning 6-2, 6-1. Raja and Pogorelov finished off the shutout with matching 6-2, 6-2 triumphs at fourth and sixth singles respectively.
UP NEXT
Swarthmore (12-1, 2-0 Centennial) visits rival Johns Hopkins University on April 6.
