February 25, 2006

Chicago Falls to Carthage in Top-25 Matchup

CHICAGO -- In a clash of nationally-ranked men's tennis teams, 20th-ranked Carthage College defeated the 25th-ranked University of Chicago 6-1 on Saturday evening.

Sophomore Bharath Sithian (Staten Island, N.Y./ Staten Island Academy) posted a 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (8) victory at fifth singles and teamed with sophomore Joseph Tchan (Woodland Hills, Calif./ Taft) to record an 8-5 victory at third doubles.

Chicago fell to 5-3 in dual match competition, including a 1-2 mark against nationally-ranked opponents and a 3-3 standing against regionally-ranked foes.

Carthage improved to 7-1 on the year.

Carthage and Chicago entered the contest ranked fifth and sixth, respectively, in the Central Region.

Carthage 6, Chicago 1

Singles competition
1. Livingston, Brad (CARTHAGE) def. Bortz, Ward (UCM) 6-4, 7-5
2. Yunes, Miguel (CARTHAGE) def. Deriy, Sasha (UCM) 6-3, 6-3
3. Collins, Tommy (CARTHAGE) def. Venkataraman, Vivek (UCM) 6-3, 6-3
4. Sands, David (CARTHAGE) def. Tchan, Joseph (UCM) 6-1, 6-3
5. Sithian, Bharath (UCM) def. Heimann, Tres (CARTHAGE) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0
6. Lopez, Sergio (CARTHAGE) def. Winney, Alex (UCM) 6-4, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Livingston, Brad/Yunes, Miguel (CARTHAGE) def. Deriy, Sasha/Venkataraman, Vivek (UCM) 8-4
2. Collins, Tommy/Sands, David (CARTHAGE) def. Bortz, Ward/Winney, Alex (UCM) 8-5
3. Sithian, Bharath/Tchan, Joseph (UCM) def. Heimann, Tres/Lopez, Sergio (CARTHAGE) 8-5