FLOSSMOOR, Ill. – The University of Chicago men's tennis team raced past Augustana College by a 9-0 margin on Wednesday.
The No. 1-ranked Maroons improved to 13-1 while the Vikings dropped to 15-5.
UChicago cruised first and third doubles by scores of 8-2 and 8-1, respectively. Second doubles finished off the sweep 8-6. The Maroons then dominated singles, limiting their opponents to five games or fewer in all six matches. Junior Erik Kerrigan and senior Charlie Pei only surrendered one game each in their wins. Kerrigan, Pei and sophomore Jeremy Yuan each tallied two victories on the day.
UChicago 9, Augustana 0
Singles
1. Erik Kerrigan (UC) def. Caio DeRezende (AUG) 6-1, 6-0
2. Jeremy Yuan (UC) def. Alvaro Leal (AUG) 6-4, 6-1
3. Charlie Pei (UC) def. Sriram Sugumaran (AUG) 6-1, 6-0
4. Alex Guzhva (UC) def. Peter Alex (AUG) 6-2, 6-1
5. Alejandro Rodriguez (UC) def. Guilherme Calixto (AUG) 6-1, 6-2
6. Shramay Dhawan (UC) def. Leonardo Panosso (AUG) 6-0, 6-3
Doubles
1. Ninan Kumar/Erik Kerrigan (UC) def. Peter Alex/Sriram Sugumaran (AUG) 8-2
2. Max Liu/Jeremy Yuan (UC) def. Alvaro Leal/Leonardo Panosso (AUG) 8-6
3. Charlie Pei/Tyler Raclin (UC) def. Caio DeRezende/Rodrigo Medeiros (AUG) 8-1
NEXT MATCH:
- Saturday, April 13 @ 3:30 PM – Case Western Reserve University vs. UChicago (at Flossmoor, Ill.)
