ATLANTA -- Sixteenth-ranked Carnegie Mellon University defeated the 21st-ranked University of Chicago men's tennis team 5-2 in the third place match at the 2008 University Athletic Association Championship Sunday morning.

Freshman Will Zhang (Wynnewood, Pa./ Lower Merion) won the Maroons' lone singles match with a 6-2, 6-3 victory at the first position.

At first doubles, sophomores Garrett Brinker (Granger, Ind./ Penn) and Steve Saltarelli (Lake Bluff, Ill./ Lake Forest) notched an 8-3 decision.

Chicago ended its regular season with a 13-8 mark, while the Tartans improved to 18-7.

Carnegie Mellon 5, Chicago 2

Singles
1. Will Zhang (UCM) def. Andrew Clearfield (CMUM) 6-2, 6-3
2. James Muliawan (CMUM) vs. Tim Walsh (UCM) 2-1, unfinished
3. Alex Nemerov (CMUM) vs. Lado Bakhutashvili (UCM) 1-3, unfinished
4. Jon Spero (CMUM) def. Garrett Brinker (UCM) 6-4, 7-5
5. Yiran Liu (CMUM) def. Mark Bonner (UCM) 6-4, 6-4
6. Bobby MacTaggart (CMUM) def. Steve Saltarelli (UCM) 6-1, 6-3

Doubles
1. Saltarelli/ Brinker (UCM) def. MacTaggart/ Muliawan (CMUM) 8-3
2. Clearfield/Ravi Raghavan (CMUM) def. Bakhutashvili/ Walsh (UCM) 9-7
3. Nemerov/ Spero (CMUM) def. Bonner/Bharath Sithian (UCM) 8-3