CHICAGO, Ill. – The No. 17-ranked University of Chicago men's tennis team won its fifth-straight match on Sunday, defeating Carroll University 8-1.
The Maroons (7-2) has won by at least five points in each match of the win streak. The Pioneers fell to 2-5 on the season.
Carroll captured the No. 1 doubles spot, but it was all Maroons from there. The No. 2 and No. 3 doubles wins came by scores of 8-1 and 8-0, respectively. UChicago was even more dominating in singles and only allowed one game total in the second set of its six matches. The freshmen trio of Peter Leung, David Liu and Michael Selin all posted shutout 6-0, 6-0 victories.
"We did a nice job of coming back today after a big win the night before to take care of business," Head Coach Jay Tee said. "The scores reflect that we played with focus and determination until the end. The wins this weekend put us in a good spot as we head into some of our tougher matches of the year."
UChicago 8, Carroll 1
Singles
1. Nicolas Chua (UC) def. Matthew Michael (CU) 6-3, 6-1
2. Sven Kranz (UC) def. Peter Jaeger (CU) 6-1, 6-0
3. Luke Tsai (UC) def. Quentin Lamers (CU) 6-2, 6-0
4. Peter Leung (UC) def. Eric Schneider (CU) 6-0, 6-0
5. David Liu (UC) def. Blake Youngberg (CU) 6-0, 6-0
6. Michael Selin (UC) def. Alexander Reid (CU) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
1. Matthew Michael/Peter Jaeger (CU) def. Max Hawkins/Luke Tsai (UC) 8-6
2. Deepak Sabada/David Liu (UC) def. Quentin Lamers/Alexander Reid (CU) 8-1
3. Nicolas Chua/Ankur Bhargava (UC) def. Eric Schneider/Blake Youngberg (CU) 8-0
NEXT MATCH:
- Sunday, March 8 – UChicago at DePauw University, 2 PM (ET)
