CMS Men's Tennis Opens Dual Season With Pair of 5-2 Wins
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team began its 2023 dual season by picking up a pair of 5-2 wins, knocking off Biola and Concordia on Saturday at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center.
Advik Mareedu won both of his singles matches at the No. 1 line, improving to 11-0 in his rookie season after sweeping his way to the ITA Cup title in the fall.
The Stags opened the day against Biola, which defeated CMS a year ago 4-3 in La Mirada, but this time around, CMS was able to pick up a key doubles point in a tight contest. Matthew Robinson and Christian Settles won 6-4 at No. 1, and after the Eagles leveled the match with a tiebreaker win at No. 2, Nathan Arimilli and Christopher Li earned a 7-6 win on their third match point at No. 3 (7-4 in the tiebreaker) to give CMS a 1-0 lead.
Mareedu put the Stags up 2-0 with his straight set win at No. 1, folowed by Chris Li's 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 2. With losses at No. 3 and No. 6 singles, CMS' lead was cut to 3-2, leaving Settles and Arimilli as the final two Stags on court. Despite losing a tight first set where he fought back from two breaks of serve down, Settles raised his game for a convincing second set win, before getting the clinch on his fourth match point, at deuce, serving for the match. Arimilli then completed his 7-5, 7-5 win moments later to secure the 5-2 win for CMS.
In the nightcap, CMS earned the doubles point against Concordia by winning at the top two positions by 6-2, and 6-3 scores. Settles paired with Mareedu at the top spot, while Freer and Robinson played at No. 2. In singles, Mareedu once again put the Stags ahead 2-0, with his 6-4, 6-2 at No. 1. CUI's win at No. 4 singles cut CMS' lead in half, before Daniel Blackman earned a 7-6(5), 6-1 win at No. 6. This set up Robinson's clinch at No. 3, punctuated by a high backhand volley winner for a 7-5, 7-5 victory. Warren Pham capped off CMS' scoring with a 10-7 win in a third-set tiebreaker to give the Stags a 5-2 final margin.
CMS will be back in action on Sunday, Feb. 19 for two home matches against Whittier and Brandeis.
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (5) vs. Biola University (2)
February 11, 2023 at Claremont, CA. (Biszantz Family Tennis Center)
Doubles
1. Matthew Robinson/Christian Settles (CMS) def. Alexei Prokopchuk/Antonio R. Varona (BU) 6-4
2. Adrian Solorzano/Sebastian Herrera (BU) def. Ian Freer/Advik Mareedu (CMS) 7-6(5)
3. Nathan Arimilli/Christopher Li (CMS) def. Isaac Cordova/Callen Hein (BU) 7-6(4)
Singles
1. Advik Mareedu (CMS) def. Alexei Prokopchuk (BU) 6-3, 6-3
2. Christopher Li (CMS) def. Antonio R. Varona (BU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Adrian Solorzano (BU) def. Ian Freer (CMS) 7-6(2), 6-2
4. Christian Settles (CMS) def. Alex Sedeno (BU) 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-4
5. Nathan Arimilli (CMS) def. Isaac Cordova (BU) 7-5, 7-5
6. Callen Hein (BU) def. Morgan Schilling (CMS) 7-5, 6-4
Order of completion
Doubles: 1, 2, 3
Singles: 1, 6, 2, 3, 4, 5
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (5) vs. Concordia University Irvine (2)
February 11, 2023 at Claremont, CA. (Biszantz Family Tennis Center)
Doubles
1. Christian Settles/Advik Mareedu (CMS) def. Tim Nutz/Leon Czarnikau (CUI) 6-2
2. Matthew Robinson/Ian Freer (CMS) def. James Caddies/Mike Jansen (CUI) 6-3
3. Julius Seifert/Alex Edmonston (CUI) def. Michael Hao/Daniel Blackman (CMS) 6-0
Singles
1. Advik Mareedu (CMS) def. Leon Czarnikau (CUI) 6-4, 6-2
2. Julius Seifert (CUI) def. Michael Hao (CMS) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
3. Matthew Robinson (CMS) def. James Caddies (CUI) 7-5, 7-5
4. Alex Edmonston (CUI) def. Ian Habbestad (CMS) 6-1, 6-2
5. Warren Pham (CMS) def. Adam Large (CUI) 6-2, 5-7,(10-7)
6. Daniel Blackman (CMS) def. Adam Kartzinel (CUI) 7-6 (7-5), 6-1
Order of completion
Doubles: 1, 3, 2
Singles: 1, 4, 6, 3, 5, 2
