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Posted: May 09, 2026

#8 Tartans Advance to Third Round of NCAA Championship with Win Over Case Western Reserve

#8 Tartans Advance to Third Round of NCAA Championship with Win Over Case Western Reserve
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Team Stats
Doubles
  • Hannah Kassaie / Katalina Wang def. Kotistha Modak / Ika Kanumuri 6-4
  • Ellior Rose / Katie Wong def. Divya Venkatarama / Ancele Dolensek 6-2
  • Rachel Li / Shelly Zinchenko def. Gabby Lee / Emma Thoms 6-0
Singles
  • Ika Kanumuri def. Hannah Kassaie 6-2, 6-2
  • Jane Wong def. Katalina Wang FINAL - UNFINISHED
  • Kotistha Modak def. Katie Wong 6-3, 6-3
  • Shelly Zinchenko def. Atra Biria 6-3, 6-2
  • Divya Venkatarama def. Gabby Lee 6-2, 6-1
  • Victoria Gazda def. Ellior Rose FINAL - UNFINISHED

(BALTIMORE, Md.) – The Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis team, ranked eighth in the nation, ran into 15th-ranked and University Athletic Association foe Case Western Reserve University on Saturday afternoon in the second round of the 2026 NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championship. The Tartans won 4-1 to move to 18-7 for the season while the Spartans season ended with a 13-7 mark. The match was played on the campus of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Inside the Results:

  • Case Western Reserve took the point in doubles with wins at one and two. The Tartans third pair of sophomores Shelly Zinchenko and Rachel Li collected a 6-0 win.
  • Freshman Ika Kanumuri knotted the score at 1-all with a 6-2, 6-2 win at the top spot.
  • Senior Divya Venkatarama then gave the Tartans a 2-1 advantage with a win at five singles by the scores of 6-2, 6-2.
  • At four singles, Zinchenko claimed a 6-3, 6-2 victory and then sophomore Kotistha Modak won 6-3, 6-3 in the third spot to clinch the match for the Cardinal and Gray.

Next Up

  • The Tartans will face fifth-ranked Johns Hopkins in the third round on Sunday, May 10 at 11:00 a.m.