INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – No. 5 University of Chicago men's tennis kicked off a span of two straight neutral site battles starting with Kenyon on Sunday in the Indiana state capital. The Maroons had a few matches where they came up big in tiebreaker sets but everything else went according to plan in a seven point victory over the Owls.

RESULT
No. 5 UChicago – 8
Kenyon – 1

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Pat Otero and Andrei Leonov had a battle on their hands in the first doubles contest of the day but were still able to come away with the point via an 8-6 tiebreak as No. 5 University of Chicago (12-1) went up 3-0 against Kenyon (5-5) after pairs play.
  • Andrei Leonov/Pat Otero defeat Pocasangre/Bocanegra 8-7 (8-6)
  • Derek Hsieh/Robert Zhang defeat A Gonzalez/E Gonzalez 8-4
  • Arjun Asokumar/Jack Wong defeat Rukhaiyar/Zhang 8-3
• Derek Hsieh also had to come up clutch in a top slot, this time during solo action. He won in two sets but had to earn it via an 8-6 second frame tiebreak. Outside of the third competition, all other matches went according to plan and fell into the Maroons win column as UChicago came away with the dominating 8-1 victory in Indy.
  • Derek Hsieh defeats Pocasangre 7-5, 7-6 (8-6)
  • Arjun Asokumar defeats A Gonzalez 7-5, 6-1
  • John Walentowicz falls to Kondapanei 3-6, 4-6
  • Ajer Sher defeats E Gonzalez 6-2, 6-2
  • Pat Otero defeats Bocanegra 6-4, 6-4
  • Kane Kelley defeats Audeh 6-1, 6-2

WHO'S ON DECK
The Maroons will have another neutral site matchup on their hands when they take on No. 13 Gustavus Adolphus on Saturday in Milwaukee.

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