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CLAREMONT, Calif. (March 9, 2014) – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis team was swept by No. 19 Carnegie Mellon on Sunday 9-0 in the second match of their west coast trip.

The loss drops Stevens to 2-5, while Carnegie Mellon moves to 7-3.

The Ducks fell behind early in doubles despite tough fights across the board. At No. 3, Carnegie Mellon earned the first point of the match with junior Paul Okuda and freshman Kiril Kirkov's 8-2 win over sophomore Tyler Tisdale and freshman Michael Feldman. At No.1, Carnegie Mellon used its experienced junior duo of Will Duncan and Christian Heaney to extend their lead with an 8-2 win over freshman Charles Drake and sophomore Matthew Heinrich. Stevens fought back at No. 2, but junior Bryce Beisswanger and sophomore Yuvraj Kumar edged the Ducks second doubles stalwarts of freshman Charles Drake and sophomore Matthew Heinrich, 8-6.

The Tartans continued their win streak in singles with Kumar's 6-0, 6-1 win over Drake at No. 4, followed by a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 5 in the all-freshmen battle between Kenny Zheng and Antonio Perich. Freshman Kunal Wadwani extended the lead to 6-0 with a win at No. 6, 6-1, 6-3 over Tisdale.

The Ducks dropped the next two, but Heinrich answered with a battle at No. 1 in a sophomore match-up with Abhishek Alla. Heinrich dropped the first set 7-5, but came back with a win in the second 6-2. The pair went back-and-forth in the third, before Alla pulled out the tiebreaker win 10-8.  

The team has the next day off before battling University of Rochester on Wednesday March 11. Follow Ducks tennis on Twitter @stevensducks and @ducks_tennis.