FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (October 1, 2023) – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis team totaled 13 victories and wrapped up play at the 2023 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Southeast Regional, hosted by the University of Mary Washington.
Led by four victories from junior
Matt Luzzi, the Ducks amassed nine singles victories, while juniors
Vivek Harinarayan and
Sebastian Wroe collected two of the Ducks' four doubles wins.
Joining Luzzi in securing wins in singles competition were senior
Aashi Kulakarni, sophomore
Max-William Kanz, first-year
Samvid Andhare, Wroe (2) and Harinarayan. Joining the tandem of Wroe and Harinarayan in posting doubles wins were the team of Kulakarni and junior
Olof Persson and the team of Andhare and classmate
Tristan Wroe. Luzzi's four singles victories came in the B3 bracket, while Kulakarni, Harinarayan and Kanz each won a match in the championship draw. After an opening-round bye Persson and Kulakarni won a second-round match in the championship doubles bracket.
The Rundown
SINGLES
Aashi Kulakarni (Stevens) def. Chaitanya Irkar (Carnegie Mellon), 6-4, 6-3
Michael Melnikov (Swarthmore) def.
Aashi Kulakarni (Stevens), 6-4, 6-1
Max-William Kanz (Stevens) def. Winston Zhang (Swarthmore), 6-2, 2-6, 10-7
Rafael Rullan (Virginia Wesleyan) def.
Max-William Kanz (Stevens), 6-2, 6-2
Vivek Harinarayan (Stevens) def. Aliaksandr Rudy (Averett), 3-6, 6-4, 10-7
Prem Dave (Johns Hopkins) def.
Vivek Harinarayan (Stevens), 6-1, 7-6 (9-7)
Evan Erb (Washington & Lee) def.
Sebastian Wroe (Stevens), 6-2, 6-1
Sebastian Wroe (Stevens) def. Jorge Urgal (Washington (Md.)), 6-2, 6-3
Sebastian Wroe (Stevens) def. Justin Yi (Carnegie Mellon), 3-6, 6-2, 12-10
Samvid Andhare (Stevens) def. Justin Minerva (Haverford), 8-2
Aamish Pal (Swarthmore) def.
Samvid Andhare (Stevens), 8-3
Matt Luzzi (Stevens) def. Johannes Ludwigstorff (Washington (Md.)), 8-0
Matt Luzzi (Stevens) def. Teddy Snyder (Ursinus), 8-5
Matt Luzzi (Stevens) def. Soren Rudin-Aulenbach (Franklin & Marshall), 8-5
Matt Luzzi (Stevens) def. Gonzalo Gentou (Franklin & Marshall), 6-4, 6-2
DOUBLES
Caleb Brightman/Gurv Suri (Salisbury) def.
Matt Luzzi/
Max-William Kanz (Stevens), 8-3
Olof Persson/
Aashi Kulakarni (Stevens) received a bye
Olof Persson/
Aashi Kulakarni (Stevens) def. Charley Force/Andres Fente (Swarthmore), 8-3
Daniel Kong and Raghav Jangbahadur (Carnegie Mellon) def.
Olof Persson/
Aashi Kulakarni (Stevens), 8-3
Keith Orr/Dominick Suwak (Shenandoah) def.
Vivek Harinarayan/
Sebastian Wroe (Stevens), 8-6
Vivek Harinarayan/
Sebastian Wroe (Stevens) def. James Kurani/Connor Coleman (Washington & Lee), 8-5
Vivek Harinarayan/
Sebastian Wroe (Stevens) def. Jacon Pfab/Evan Fisher (Mary Washington) 8-4
Aaradith Ravichandran/Jorge Uragal (Washington (Md.)) def.
Matt Luzzi/
Max-William Kanz (Stevens), 8-7 (7-4)
Tristan Wroe/
Samvid Andhare (Stevens) def. Noah Hughes/Corey Beshoar (Bridgewater), 8-4
Deniz Finkel/Lars Jespersen (Ursinus) def.
Tristan Wroe/
Samvid Andhare (Stevens), 8-3
For the Opponents
- Fifth-seeded Raghav Jangbahadur (Carnegie Mellon) won the region's individual championship, topping second-seeded Evan Erb (Washington & Lee) in three sets, 2-6, 6-3, 10-6.
- Second-seeded Peter Leese and Rishi Charan Shankar (Mary Washington) defeated 11th-seeded Daniel Kong and Raghav Jangbahadur (Carnegie Mellon) 8-2 to capture the region's doubles title.
Around the MAC Freedom
- Lebanon Valley 8, Penn State Harrisburg 1 (Sept. 26)
- Alvernia 5, Arcadia 4 (Sept. 28)
- DeSales 8, Alvernia 1 (Sept. 30)
- Penn State Harrisburg 9, Misericordia 0 (Sept. 30)
- Arcadia 9, Marywood 0 (Sept. 30)
- Albright 9, Misericordia 0 (Oct. 1)
- Moravian 7, DeSales 2 (Oct. 1)
Up Next
- Stevens returns to the court in the spring, looking for the program's 14th straight conference championship.
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