No. 8 University of Chicago men's tennis was back in action and had two ranked opponents to go up against during their spring break trip to Texas. The Maroons took all but one point against No. 14 Trinity before completing the clean sweep of No. 17 Southwestern to run their season win total to double digits.

RESULTS
No. 8 UChicago – 8
No. 14 Trinity – 1

No. 8 UChicago – 9
No. 17 Southwestern – 0

HOW IT HAPPENED

• vs. No. 14 Trinity
  • Though No. 14 Trinity didn't make it easy for the No. 8 University of Chicago men's tennis team, the Maroons grabbed the first three points as they began the first of back-to-back top 25 battles. The first two doubles matches were relatively close at 8-5 but it still was UChicago with the sweep after three games.
    • Pat Otero/Andrei Leonov defeat Dhanani/Liao 8-5
    • Jacob Lowen/Derek Hsieh defeat Whittington/Flores 8-5
    • Jack Wong/Arjun Asokumar defeats Candelas/Perry 8-3
  • Trinity was able to get a single point in solo play with a three set win out of the fifth spot. The Maroons took every other point however and battled through three different third set tiebreaks in order to do so on their way to an eight-point win.
    • Emil Grantcharov defeats Perry 6-1, 6-0
    • Derek Hsieh defeats Whittington 2-6, 6-1, 1-0 [10-3]
    • Arjun Asokumar defeats Chang 6-1, 6-2
    • John Walentowicz defeats Candelas 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 [10-6]
    • Pat Otero falls to Dhanani 3-6, 6-2, 2-6
    • Ajer Sher defeats Flores 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 [10-7]
       
• vs. No. 17 Southwestern
  • No. 17 Southwestern was waiting for them in their next match but UChicago was more than ready. The only doubles match that got somewhat close was the Maroons 8-6 win in the third spot.
    • Pat Otero/Andrei Leonov defeat Ellie/Roy 8-4
    • Jacob Lowen/Derek Hsieh defeat Clemente/Rafferty 8-1
    • Jack Wong/Arjun Asokumar defeat Sosebee/Herrera 8-6
  • It was much of the same for Chicago in singles action. Each and every set was over after two as the Maroons pick up their tenth win of the year behind a clean 9-0 sweep in Texas.
    • Emil Grantcharov defeats Roy 7-5, 6-4
    • Derek Hsieh defeats Ellie 7-6 [5-0], 6-3
    • Arjun Asokumar defeats Clemente 6-3, 6-0
    • Pat Otero defeats Snyman 6-3, 6-1
    • Ajer Sher defeats Rafferty 6-3, 6-4
    • Matthew Liew defeats Flanagan 6-2, 6-3

WHO'S ON DECK
The Maroons will be back in action on March 23^rd with a home match against Lewis at XS Tennis. First serve is slated for 2:00 pm.

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