CLAREMONT, CA. – The Pomona-Pitzer Men's Tennis team took down Caltech 7-2 on Wednesday afternoon at the Pauley Tennis Complex.
Season Impact: with the win, the Sagehens improve to 10-12 overall and 4-2 in SCIAC play and secure a place in the SCIAC Postseason Tournament.
The Sagehens started the day with a clean sweep of the doubles competition, taking three big points to start the day.
In the first doubles match, Hayden Snyder and Eshaan Lumba defeated Ishaan Kannan and Andrew Zabelo of Caltech by a score of 8-4. Mukund Madabhushi and Matthew Feng followed up with a win over Kyle McCandless and Daniel Wen of Caltech by a score of 8-1 and finally, in the third doubles match, Ethan Lee and Neil Chulani defeated Nathan Zou and Rishi Gundakaram of Caltech by a score of 8-4.
After taking three points, the Sagehens needed just two to clinch the match over the Beavers. Pomona-Pitzer continued its strong performance by winning four out of the six matches. In the first singles match, Hayden Snyder defeated Kyle McCandless of Caltech in a tight three-set match with a score of 6-1, 6-7, 10-7. In the second singles match, Mukund Madabhushi defeated Ishaan Kannan of Caltech in another tight three-set match with a score of 6-4, 4-6, 10-8.
In the third singles match, Kush Patel defeated Andrew Zabelo of Caltech in straight sets with a score of 6-0, 6-2. However, Caltech was able to win two singles matches. In the fourth singles match, Daniel Wen of Caltech defeated Ethan Lee in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-3 and Victor Li of Caltech defeated Matthew Feng with a score of 6-4, 6-1.
Finally, in the sixth singles match, Rohun Krishnan defeated Rishi Gundakaram of Caltech in straight sets with a score of 6-1, 6-2 as the Sagehens came away with a huge victory at home.
Up Next: The Sagehens will next host CMS in their final home match of the season on Saturday, April 22nd at 5:30 p.m.
