PEPPER PIKE, Ohio – In a matchup of conference foes, the University of Chicago men's tennis team lost to Emory University 7-2 in the finals of the ITA Division III National Team Indoor Championship on Sunday.
The No. 6-ranked Maroons are now 7-1 on the season and the No. 5-ranked Eagles moved to 4-2.
In the eight team field of nationally-ranked teams, UChicago was the No. 4 seed and Emory was the No. 3 seed. The Eagles started fast by winning all three doubles matches and rode the momentum to the eventual victory.
The Maroons earned their two wins at No. 5 and No. 6 singles. Sophomore David Liu was the first player finished with a dominating 6-1, 6-1 win. Freshman Max Liu closed out the match with a 7-5, 7-5 victory.
Additionally, UChicago received the Steve Wilkinson Team Sportsmanship Award from the ITA.
"First and foremost, we have to give credit to Emory," said Head Coach Jay Tee. "They played a great match and I feel like they earned the win today. Secondly, I'm extremely proud of the way our guys competed with heart, pride, passion and sportsmanship the entire tournament. I am really happy with our tournament overall and believe this will only help us as we progress throughout the season. We learned that we can compete with any team in the country and we know which areas we need to improve in. Once again, I want to restate just how proud I am of our entire team."
Emory 7, UChicago 2
Singles
1. Rafe Mosetick (EU) def. Nicolas Chua (UC) 7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 10-6
2. Jonathan Jemison (EU) def. Sven Kranz (UC) 6-4, 6-3
3. Aman Manji (EU) def. Charlie Pei (UC) 7-5, 6-4
4. Adrien Bouchet (EU) def. Peter Leung (UC) 6-4, 6-4
5. David Liu (UC) def. Josh Goodman (EU) 6-1, 6-1
6. Max Liu (UC) def. Andrew Harrington (EU) 7-5, 7-5
Doubles
1. Scott Rubinstein/James Spaulding (EU) def. Nicolas Chua/David Liu (UC) 8-6
2. Rafe Mosetick/Jonathan Jemison (EU) def. Charlie Pei/Peter Leung (UC) 8-5
3. David Omsky/Andrew Harrington (EU) def. Luke Tsai/Michael Selin (UC) 8-4
NEXT MATCH:
- Saturday, February 27 – UChicago vs. Denison University (Indianapolis, Ind.), 3:30 PM (ET)
