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Men's Tennis

Top-Ranked Stags Tennis Wins 12th Straight, Defeats No. 6 Middlebury 4-3

Matthew Robinson and Warren Pham won a key tiebreaker for the doubles point (photo by Sang Vu)
Box Score CLAREMONT, Calif. - Warren Pham and Matthew Robinson earned the doubles point with a tiebreaker win at No. 3, and Advik Mareedu, Tarm Rojanasoonthon and Josh Kim rattled off straight-set singles wins, as the No. 1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team came away with a 4-3 win over No. 6 Middlebury on Tuesday at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center. 

With the win, CMS is now 12-2 on the year, with 12 wins in a row since falling twice on opening day to a pair of Division II teams on Feb. 15. Middlebury falls to 4-2 on the year with the defeat. 

Caleb Settles and Brandon Vu came back from 4-3 down to win 6-4 at No. 2 doubles to level the doubles score at 1-1, and Pham and Robinson were able to provide the swing point in a tiebreaker for the second match in a row, after also doing the same thing against No. 3 Tufts on Sunday. 

Mareedu then improved to 21-0 in singles on the year with a dominant 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 1 to give the Stags a 2-0 lead. Middlebury won a point at No. 2 behind Noah Laber's 6-4, 6-3 victory over Pham, but Rojanasoonthon finished off a dominant second set for a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 5 to put the Stags ahead 3-1. 

Noah Lewis was able to battle Kim to a level score at 5-5, looking for a split. But Kim was able to take the final two games for the match clinch for a 6-2, 7-5 win. Robinson fought off two match points

With the team result decided, Middlebury won the last two points in pro-set tiebreakers in the third. Thehan Wijemanne won a 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 10-4 decision at No. 6 over Anirudh Gupta, and Neel Epstein captured a 6-4, 6-7 (9-11), 11-9 win over Robinson, after Robinson fought off five match points in the tiebreakers to stay in it. 

CMS will be back in action when it co-hosts the Stag-Hen Invitational on Friday and Saturday, opening with North Carolina Wesleyan on Friday at 10 a.m. 
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Players Mentioned

Anirudh Gupta

Anirudh Gupta

6' 1"
Sophomore
Josh Kim

Josh Kim

6' 0"
Sophomore
Advik Mareedu

Advik Mareedu

6' 2"
Junior
Warren Pham

Warren Pham

6' 0"
Junior
Matthew Robinson

Matthew Robinson

5' 8"
Senior
Tarm Rojanasoonthon

Tarm Rojanasoonthon

5' 10"
Senior
Brandon Vu

Brandon Vu

5' 11"
Freshman
Caleb Settles

Caleb Settles

6' 1"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Anirudh Gupta

Anirudh Gupta

6' 1"
Sophomore
Josh Kim

Josh Kim

6' 0"
Sophomore
Advik Mareedu

Advik Mareedu

6' 2"
Junior
Warren Pham

Warren Pham

6' 0"
Junior
Matthew Robinson

Matthew Robinson

5' 8"
Senior
Tarm Rojanasoonthon

Tarm Rojanasoonthon

5' 10"
Senior
Brandon Vu

Brandon Vu

5' 11"
Freshman
Caleb Settles

Caleb Settles

6' 1"
Freshman