Stags Split with Caltech and APU
CMS Men's Tennis played a rare Friday doubleheader, and split matches against Caltech and Azusa Pacific University. CMS won 9-0 against SCIAC opponent Caltech, and then lost 6-3 to APU.
The Stags' Kirthi Narasimhan (JR - Sugar Land, Texas) played at the #1 position and earned his second singles win without a defeat in conference. Freshmen Spencer MacColl (Greenbrae, CA) and Thomas Keiffer (La Jolla, CA) also won convincingly at positions #3 and #4. The two also played doubles together at the #2 position and were victorious.
Against #2 NAIA ranked Azusa Pacific University, the Stags missed a great opportunity to lead after the doubles, before dropping a 6-3 decision. Seniors William Ellison (Shaker Heights, OH) and David Oehm (Menlo Park, CA) had a chance to put the Stags up 2-1 after doubles. Despite a 7-2 lead and a match point returning at 7-8, the Stags' #1 pair lost a heartbreaker 9-8(5). Lawrence Wang (SO - Orange, CA) was the lone CMS player to win in both singles and doubles, earning victories at #2 doubles and #1 singles. Freshman Mikey Lim (Honolulu, HI) was also impressive in battling back from first set that he lost 6-0 to win in three sets and get the Stags other singles point.
Next up for CMS Men's Tennis is a doubleheader on Saturday at home against SCIAC opponent Whittier College (9:30 AM), and on the road against Division I Loyola Marymount University (2:30 PM). With the split on Friday, the Stags are 4-1 overall and 2-0 in conference.
| CMS 9 | vs | Caltech 0 | ||
| 1. | Narasimhan / Sabater | def | Chiu / Lazear | 8-2 |
| 2. | Keiffer / S. MacColl | def | Narasimhan / Tai | 8-2 |
| 3. | M. Crandall / M. Mondino | def | Kandasamy / Shadrin | 8-1 |
| CMS led 3-0 after doubles / Order of doubles match completion: #1, #3, #2 | ||||
| 1. | Kirthi Narasimhan | def | Justin Lazear | 6-0, 6-1 |
| 2. | Drew Sabater | def | Rico Chiu | 3-3, ret |
| 3. | Spencer MacColl | def | Vivek Narasimhan | 6-1, 6-2 |
| 4. | Thomas Keiffer | def | Ilia Shadrin | 6-0, 6-0 |
| 5. | Ryan Berber | def | Eric Tai | 6-1, 6-1 |
| 6. | Russell Chidester | def | Ram Kandasamy | 6-0, 6-0 |
| Order of singles match completion: #2, #5, #6, #1, #3, and #4 | ||||
| CMS 3 | vs | Azusa Pacific 6 | ||
| 1. | Ellison / Oehm | lost to | Kur / Weber | 9-8(5) |
| 2. | Schils / Wang | def | Bolsius / Goodman | 8-4 |
| 3. | DePaolo / Feldhausen | lost to | Chow / Robbie Dabbs | 8-5 |
| CMS trailed 2-1 after doubles / Order of doubles match completion: #2, #3, #1 | ||||
| 1. | Lawrence Wang | def | David Goodman | 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 |
| 2. | William Ellison | lost to | Patrick Kur | 6-0, 6-3 |
| 3. | Eric Chow | lost to | Mathias Weber | 6-2, 6-4 |
| 4. | Mikey Lim | def | Mathias Bolsius | 0-6, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 5. | Jack DePaolo | lost to | Ronald Chow | 6-4, 6-0 |
| 6. | Evan Feldhausen | lost to | Art Fatkhiev | 6-1, 7-6(4) |
| Order of singles match completion: #5, #3, #2, #6, #4, and #1 | ||||