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#17 Tartans Takedown #35 Franklin & Marshall

#17 Tartans Takedown #35 Franklin & Marshall

(MONROEVILLE, Pa.) – The Carnegie Mellon men's tennis team, ranked 17th, competed against the 35th-ranked Franklin & Marshall College on Saturday afternoon. The Tartans swept the Diplomats to improve to 4-0 on the season.

Inside the Results

  • The Tartans went three for three in the doubles play. Sophomores Alex Feies and Takeshi Koey won 6-3 at the third spot followed by graduate student Diogo Tinoco and sophomore Brendan Hendrata at the top spot to claim the doubles point, as they won 6-4. Junior Raghav Jangbahadur and senior Akshay Joshi collected a 7-6 (1) victory at second doubles.
  • Jangbahadur came out on top in third singles 6-2, 6-2 for the Tartans first point in singles play.
  • Koey then won fourth singles 6-2, 6-1 followed by Feies at first singles by the scores of 6-2, 6-2 to seal the win for the Cardinal and Gray.
  • Tinoco collected a victory at second singles 6-2, 6-0.
  • Freshman Ian Miller went 6-4, 6-3 in fifth singles while sophomore Braden Chavez won the final singles match 6-2, 7-5.

Up Next

The Tartans will compete at Haverford College on Saturday, February 28 at 10:00 a.m.