Advik Mareedu Repeats as SCIAC Athlete of the Year for CMS Men's Tennis

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Sophomore Advik Mareedu of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team earned the SCIAC Athlete of the Year for the second straight season, the league office announced today.

Mareedu was joined on the All-SCIAC first team by Ian Freer and Matthew Robinson, while Anirudh Gupta earned a spot on the second team. Paul Settles and assistant coaches Chris Fabrizio, Lestter Yeh, Robert Liu and Jack Katzman were also named the SCIAC Coaching Staff of the Year. 

Mareedu compiled a 27-4 record in singles during the regular season, including 21-2 in dual matches, and has a 14-match win streak heading into postseason play. He is ranked No. 2 in the nation in singles behind Tristen Bradley of Bowdoin, who was the last player to defeat him back on March 16 in the finals of the Stag-Hen Invitational. Mareedu went to three sets to win against Williams on March 23, and has won the last 10 in straight sets, without any of the sets going further than 6-4. 

Freer is 17-6 in singles this season and is 14-11 at No. 1 doubles while playing with Robinson. He recently picked up the clinch against Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday, which secured the regular season SCIAC title, and also had a big win against No. 6 Bowdoin in a 5-4 CMS victory. He led his match against No. 1 Case Western at the ITA Indoor Nationals when it was halted after Case Western clinched. 

Robinson has earned a 19-3 record in singles this season, to go along with his 14-11 doubles record with Freer. He earned a series of big wins in close team victories over top-10 teams Tufts, Middlebury and WashU, and has been undefeated in SCIAC play this season. Robinson has won his last nine matches in a row heading into the postseason, beginning with a 6-7, 7-5, 10-4 win against WashU n March 29. 

Gupta has compiled a 22-5 record in singles and a 19-4 record in duals, with his loss outside of duals coming in the ITA Regional semifinals against Mareedu in the fall. His 6-7, 7-5, 7-5 win over Bowdoin provided the clinching point in a 5-4 win over Bowdoin in the Stag-Hen finals, and he also had key wins against No. 5 Tufts and No. 7 WashU.

CMS is ranked No. 1 in the nation heading into the SCIAC Tournament, which gets underway this afternoon as the Stags host fourth-seeded Chapman at 5 p.m.