February 4, 2006

Maroons Win Two at Coe

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- The 25th-ranked University of Chicago men's tennis team won a pair of matches Saturday at Coe College, defeating the host Kohawks 4-3 before defeating Cornell (Iowa) College 6-0.

Sophomores Sasha Deriy (Bolingbrook, Ill./ IMSA), Joseph Tchan (Woodland Hills, Calif./ Taft), and Bharath Sithian (Staten Island, N.Y./ Staten Island Academy) each won two matches in singles play.

In doubles, senior Ward Bortz (Brookfield, Wis./ Marquette) and freshman Alex Winney (Yorktown, Ind./ Yorktown) notched a pair of victories at the second position.

Chicago (3-0) currently ranks sixth in the Central Region, while Coe (2-1) stands eighth. Cornell dropped to 0-2.

Chicago 4, Coe 3

Singles competition
1. Bortz, Ward (UCM) def. Ryan Yao (COEM) 6-3, 6-2
2. Deriy, Sasha (UCM) def. Chad Evans (COEM) 6-3, 6-2
3. Chris Paasch (COEM) def. Venkataraman, Vivek (UCM) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
4. Tchan, Joseph (UCM) def. T.J. Leicht (COEM) 6-3, 6-2
5. Sithian, Bharath (UCM) def. Sam Zerbib (COEM) 6-3, 6-2
6. Joey Lankelman (COEM) def. Winney, Alex (UCM) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Chris Paasch/Sam Zerbib (COEM) def. Deriy, Sasha/Tchan, Joseph (UCM) 8-5
2. Bortz, Ward/Winney, Alex (UCM) def. Chad Evans/T.J. Leicht (COEM) 8-4
3. Ryan Yao/Jake Michael (COEM) def. Sithian, Bharath/Venkataraman, Vivek (UCM) 8-3

Chicago 6, Cornell (Iowa) 0

Singles competition
2. Deriy, Sasha (UCM) def. Jennings, Tom (CORNELL) 6-3, 6-4
3. Tchan, Joseph (UCM) def. Caruso, Gabe (CORNELL) 6-0, 6-0
4. Sithian, Bharath (UCM) def. Henson, Seth (CORNELL) 6-1, 6-0
5. Winney, Alex (UCM) def. Walsh, Dan (CORNELL) 6-0, 6-0
6. Farrell, Connor (UCM) def. Lehr, Peter (CORNELL) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Deriy, Sasha/Tchan, Joseph (UCM) def. Jennings, Tom/Henson, Seth (CORNELL) 8-4
2. Bortz, Ward/Winney, Alex (UCM) def. Caruso, Gabe/Walsh, Dan (CORNELL) 8-0