FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (February 24, 2024) – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis team took down Shenandoah 7-2 in the first match, but fell to No. 37 Mary Washington later in the day Saturday on day one of the Mary Washington Invitational.

On the singles side, senior Andrew He and sophomore Max-William Kanz each went 2-0 for the day. Senior Aashi Kulakarni and junior Olof Persson each won singles matches against Shenandoah.

Stevens won all three doubles matches in the first match, but got swept in doubles against Mary Washington.

It was the first ever matchup between Stevens and Shenandoah, with the Ducks now possessing a 1-0 all-time series lead. However, the Ducks are now 0-11 all-time against the Eagles.

The Rundown

VS. Shenandoah

Olof Persson/Aashi Kulakarni (SIOT) def. Artem Babaiev/Keith Orr (SHEN), 8-4
Vivek Harinarayan/Max-William Kanz (SIOT) def. Dominick Suwak/Jovan Cirkovic, 8-4
Sebastian Wroe/Andhare Samvid (SIOT) def. Aryanth Chintahrlapalli/Anton McCloskey (SHEN), 8-5

SINGLES

Aashi Kulakarni (SIOT) def. Jovan Cirkovic (SHEN), 6-3, 3-6, 10-7
Artem Babaiev (SHEN) def. Vivek Harinarayn (SIOT), 6-4, 6-3
Kieth Orr (SHEN) def. Sebastian Wroe (SIOT), 3-6, 6-1, 6-0
Andrew He (SIOT) def. Dominick Suwak (SHEN), 1-6, 6-3, 10-8
Max-William Kanz (SIOT) def. Aryanth Chintahrlapalli (SHEN), 6-0, 6-2
Olof Persson (SIOT) def. Anton McCloskey (SHEN) 6-3, 6-0

Vs. No. 37 Mary Washington

DOUBLES

Rishi Charan Shankar/Peter Leese (UMW) def. Olof Persson/Aashi Kulakarni (SIOT), 8-5
Brock Ladehoff/Trevor Rein (UMW) def. Vivek Harinarayan/Max-William Kanz (SIOT), 8-3
Artis Hart/Jack Riordan (UMW) def. Andhare Samvid/Sebastian Wroe (SIOT), 8-7 (9-7)

SINGLES

Rishi Charan Shankar (UMW) def. Aashi Kulakarni (SIOT), 6-1, 6-2
Brock Ladehoff (UMW) def. Vivek Harinarayn (SIOT), 7-5, 6-3
Trevor Rein (UMW) def. Sebastian Wroe (SIOT), 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
Andrew He (SIOT) def. Jack Riordan (UMW), 6-3, 7-5
Max-William Kanz (SIOT) def. Evan Fisher (UMW), 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
Albert Vladimirskiy (UMW) def. Andhare Samvid (SIOT), 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2

Around the MAC Freedom

• No other teams in action

Up Next

• The Ducks take on No. 22 Carnegie Mellon on Friday, March 1 at Swarthmore. The match starts at 3 p.m. Appropriate links will be posted to stevensducks.com

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