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Matthew Robinson earned wins in both singles and doubles
Matthew Robinson earned wins in both singles and doubles

CMS Men's Tennis Holds Off Pomona-Pitzer 5-2 to Advance to SCIAC Finals



CLAREMONT, Calif. - Matthew Robinson and Warren Pham each won in singles and doubles, and Ian Freer picked up the clinch at No. 3 singles, as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team defeated Pomona-Pitzer 5-2 on Friday evening in the SCIAC Semifinals at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center.

With the win, CMS advances through to tomorrow's championship match against Caltech, which will take place at 4 p.m.

CMS took a 2-1 lead after doubles, with Robinson and Christian Settles earning the first point with a quick 8-2 win at No. 1. Pomona-Pitzer pulled even with an 8-6 win at No. 2, and Pham teamed with Advik Mareedu to earn the swing point with an 8-6 win at No. 3. 

Pham earned a quick 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 5 singles to answer a Sagehen win at No. 6 and put CMS ahead 3-2. Robinson had a straight set win at No. 2 (6-2, 6-3) to put CMS within one point of a clinch. 

The last point didn't come easy, as Hayden Snyder took a 7-5 win in the second set for Pomona-Pitzer at No. 1 to force a third set with Mareedu. Settles also earned a split at No. 4 by bouncing back after dropping the first set to take the second set 7-5. 

Freer, though, was able to get CMS to the finish line with a big tiebreaker win in the first set (8-6 in the breaker) and then holding off Kush Patel in the second set for a 7-6, 6-4 win to get the Stags their fifth and decisive point. Mareedu was up 3-1 in his third set and Settles held a 1-0 lead in his when their matches were halted. 

CMS defeated Caltech 6-3 in the regular season meeting on April 14 at Caltech, with the two teams facing each other tomorrow for the automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championships. 

#6 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (5) vs. #30 Pomona-Pitzer (2)
April 28, 2023 at Claremont, CA. (Biszantz Family Tennis Center - SCIAC Tournament Semifinal)

Doubles

  1. Christian Settles/Matthew Robinson (CMS) def, Hayden Snyder/Eshaan Lumba (PP) 8-2
  2. Mukund Madabhushi/Matthew Feng (PP) def. Morgan Schilling/Ian Freer (CMS) 8-6
  3. Advik Mareedu/Warren Pham (CMS) def. Neil Chulani/Ethan Lee (PP) 8-6

Singles

  1. Advik Mareedu (CMS) vs. Hayden Snyder (PP) 6-4, 5-7, 3-1 DNF
  2. Matthew Robinson (CMS) def. Mukund Madabhushi (PP) 6-2, 6-3
  3. Ian Freer (CMS) def. Kush Patel (PP) 7-6(6), 6-4
  4. Christian Settles (CMS) vs. Ethan Lee (PP) 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 DNF
  5. Warren Pham (CMS) def. Rohun Krishnan (PP) 6-0, 6-2
  6. Matthew Feng(PP) def. Daniel Blackman (CMS) 6-1, 6-1

Order of completion
Doubles: 1, 2, 3
Singles: 6, 5, 2, 3