April 15, 2007

Maroons Split Two at Washington

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The 28th-ranked University of Chicago men's tennis team split a pair of regional matches at Washington (Mo.) University, defeating Coe College 6-3 on Saturday before falling to the 10th-ranked host Bears 7-2 on Sunday.

The Maroons now stand at 7-7 overall and 5-5 in the Central Region.

Chicago 6, Coe 3

Singles competition
1. Ryan Yao (COE) def. Vivek Venkataraman (UCM) 7-6, 6-2
2. Garrett Brinker (UCM) def. Chad Evans (COE) 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
3. Steve Saltarelli (UCM) def. T.J. Leicht (COE) 7-6, 6-4
4. Tom Jennings (COE) def. Joseph Tchan (UCM) 6-4, 6-3
5. Noah Schneider (UCM) def. Greg Janssen (COE) 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (10-6)
6. Joey Lankelma (COE) def. Bharath Sithian (UCM) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8)

Doubles competition
1. Saltarelli/ Venkataraman (UCM) def. Evans/Sam Zerbib (COE) 8-5
2. Brinker/ Schneider (UCM) def. Jennings/ Leicht (COE) 8-3
3. Sithian/ Tchan (UCM) def. Janssen/ Yao (COE) 8-5

Washington (Mo.) 7, Chicago 2

Singles competition
1. Charlie Cutler (WASHU) def. Vivek Venkataraman (UCM) 7-6 (7-3), 6-0
2. John Watts (WASHU) def. Garrett Brinker (UCM) 6-1, 6-3
3. Steve Saltarelli (UCM) def. Chris Hoeland (WASHU) 6-4, 6-1
4. Danny Levy (WASHU) def. Joseph Tchan (UCM) 6-1, 6-0
5. Charlie Howard (WASHU) def. Noah Schneider (UCM) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
6. Nirmal Choradia (WASHU) def. Bharath Sithian (UCM) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Cutler/ Hoeland (WASHU) def. Venkataraman/ Saltarelli (UCM) 8-4
2. Brinker/ Schneider (UCM) def. Trevis Bowman/ Choradia (WASHU) 9-7
3. Watts/ Howard (WASHU) def. Tchan/ Sithian (UCM) 8-4