Men’s Tennis Advances in Stag-Hen
CMS Stags Tennis advanced to the semi-finals of the Stag-Hen Invitational with a 7-2 victory over UT-Tyler on Friday. The Stags were paced by two wins by sophomore Mikey Lim (Honolulu, HI - pictured), who won at #3 doubles and #1 singles. Earlier in the day, the Stags were 9-0 winners over Lake Forest.
In the Stag-Hen opener, CMS were matched against a determined UT-Tyler team that had lost its #1 player to the flu earlier in the day. With their second and third doubles teams moving up a position, Tyler proved they could match up with the Stags. CMS got the 1-0 advantage when Lim and partner Ronald Wu (Fr. - Los Altos, CA) won at #3 doubles. However the Stags lost at #1 doubles to even the match, before senior captain Ben Hough (Spokane, WA) and Eric MacColl (So - Greenbrae, CA) won their eighth consecutive match at #2 doubles to put CMS up 2-1. In the singles, the Stags took command of the match by winning four first sets 6-0. Lim was the first Stag to notch a singles win, with a 6-0, 6-2 win at #1.CMS went on to win five of six singles, dropping a match tie-break at #2 singles.
The Stags - now 11-3 overall - advance to the semifinals against 12th ranked Kenyon, a 7-2 winner against 16th ranked Whitman. In the other semifinal, 11th ranked Bowdoin will face 7th ranked Trinity (TX). Both matches will begin at 8:30 AM on Saturday, with the championship and 3rd/4th matches scheduled for 2:00 PM. In the play-back matches, UT-Tyler will play Whitman, and The College of New Jersey will play Pomona-Pitzer.
Earlier in the day against Lake Forest, CMS swept the doubles behind the play of #2 team Ben Wiener (Jr. - Houston, TX) and Russell Brockett (Fr. - Austin, TX), who were 8-1 winners. In the singles, the Stags were dominant at positions three through six, losing only seven games. The match also marked the successful return to action of Spencer MacColl (So. - Greenbrae, CA), who was a 6-1, 6-0 winner at #6 singles.
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CMS 7 |
vs |
UT-Tyler 2 | ||
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1. |
Schils / Wang |
lost to |
Campbell / Sajovich |
8-4 |
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2. |
Hough / E. MacColl |
def |
J. Repsher / Kreines |
8-6 |
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3. |
Lim / Wu |
def |
McDonald / Ashlock |
8-5 |
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Order of completion: #3, #1, #2, / CMS led 2-1 after doubles | ||||
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1. |
Mikey Lim |
def |
Steven Campbell |
6-0, 6-2 |
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2. |
Lawrence Wang |
lost to |
Robert Sajovich |
4-6, 6-2, (10-7) |
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3. |
Mike Starr |
def |
David Ashlock |
6-2, 6-2 |
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4. |
Eric MacColl |
def |
William McDonald |
6-0, 6-1 |
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5. |
Ben Hough |
def |
Nick Kreines |
6-0, 6-3 |
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6. |
Ronald Wu |
def |
Bryan Jolly |
6-0, 6-2 |
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Order of completion: #1, #5, #4, #2, #6, #1 | ||||
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CMS 9 |
vs |
Lake Forest 0 | ||
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1. |
Narasimhan / Sabater |
def |
Tektumanidze / Presman |
8-2 |
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2. |
Ben Wiener / Brockett |
def |
Fretter / Flaksman |
8-1 |
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3. |
Crandall / S. MacColl |
def |
Campagna / Paterakos |
8-5 |
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Order of completion: #2, #3, #1 / CMS led 3-0 after doubles | ||||
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1. |
Drew Sabater |
def |
Rocky Tektumanidze |
4-1 ret (ankle) |
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2. |
Russell Brockett |
def |
Alex Presman |
7-5, 6-2 |
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3. |
Kirthi Narasimhan |
def |
John Flaksman |
6-2, 6-1 |
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4. |
Russell Chidester |
def |
Andrew Fretter |
6-3, 6-3 |
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5. |
Thomas Keiffer |
def |
Joe Campagna |
6-0, 6-0 |
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6. |
Spencer MacColl |
def |
Chris Paterakos |
6-1, 6-0 |
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Order of completion: #1, #6, #5, #4, #3, #2 | ||||