Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 CHICAGO – No. 8 University of Chicago men's tennis kept things local this weekend and took on two more teams to continue the 2024 portion of their season. The Maroons played "seven-point" rules against both the Cougars and Saint and came away with two victories to move to 6-0 on the campaign.

RESULTS
No. 8 UChicago – 5
Chicago State – 2

Holy Cross College – 3
No. 8 UChicago – 4

HOW IT HAPPENED

• vs. Chicago State (1-6)
  • No. 8 University of Chicago (6-0) began play on the weekend under D-I rules when they took on Chicago State across town on Friday night. The Maroons won the second and third doubles matches allowing them to go up 1-0 entering singles play.
    • Kane Kelley & Pat Otero fall to Sandoval/Alvarez (3-6)
    • Jack Wong & Arjun Asokumar defeat Radziwillowicz/Alves (6-3)
    • Derek Hsieh & Jacob Lowen defeat Siercke/Gahagan (6-1)
  • UChicago's success kept moving right along when they took on the Cougars in solo matches. While they'd drop the first dual out of the top spot, the Maroons would go on to win the next five matches to secure the victory and went 4-2 overall in singles play.
    • Emil Grantcharov falls to Alvarez (3-6, 2-6)
    • Arjun Asokumar defeats Sandoval (6-2, 6-2)
    • Derek Hsieh defeats Alves (6-3, 6-2)
    • John Walentowicz falls to Siercke (6-2, 4-6, 7-10)
    • Pat Otero defeats Radziwillowicz (6-2, 6-2)
    • Ajer Sher defeats Gahagan (6-0, 6-0)
• vs. Holy Cross College (1-2)
  • The Maroons had trouble early against Holy Cross College and dropped two of the three doubles matches. However, since they were still playing by seven point rules, the Maroons only gave up a single tally to their opponents.
    • Derek Hsieh & Robert Zhang fall to McManus/Singleton (4-6)
    • Kane Kelley & Pat Otero fall to McCarthy/Wai (2-6)
    • Jack Wong & Arjun Asokumar defeat Flender/Sentkar (6-1)
  • Down 1-0, the Saints came close to knocking the Maroons off. HCC was able to grab two more points in singles but UChicago was able to edge them out with four wins in this portion of play. The match winning tally came from Derek Hsieh who won his second spot matchup 6-1, 7-5.
    • Emil Grantcharov defeats Wai (6-0, 6-4)
    • Derek Hsieh defeats McManus (6-1, 7-5)
    • Arjun Asokumar falls to Singleton (2-6, 4-6)
    • Pat Otero defeats McCarthy (6-3, 6-4)
    • John Walentowicz falls to Koursonos (6-7 [4], 4-6)
    • Matthew Liew defeats Flender (6-4, 6-3)

WHO'S ON DECK
The Maroons will now turn their attention to the ITA Indoor Nationals next weekend when the three-day event kicks off in Lexington, Ky. The tournament will begin on Friday, February 23^rd at 9:00 am eastern.

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