EDGEWATER, N.J. (March 27, 2024) – Junior Vivek Harinarayan, junior Sebastian Wroe, and sophomore Max-William Kanz each picked up two wins as the Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis team defeated Kalamazoo 8-1 Wednesday afternoon at the Edgewater Tennis Center.
Stevens went up 3-0 quickly as they swept the doubles matches. Kanz and first-year Andhare Samvid blanked their opponents on line two, while Stevens won the other two matches by at least three.
On the singles side, Harinarayan won a long match on the first line to secure his second win of the day. The first set he lost 7-5, but he rebounded with a 7-6 (7-4) tiebreak win in set two, and then took the third set tiebreaker 10-8. The Ducks would win handedly in two sets in four out of the other five singles matches, including a 6-0, 6-0 result from first-year Tristian Wroe on the sixth line.
With the win, Stevens improves to 3-4 and has now won two-straight matches. This was the first-ever matchup between Kalamazoo and Stevens. The Hornets fell to 1-6 with the loss.
The Rundown
Doubles
Olof Persson/
Sebastian Wroe (SIOT) def. Gabe Vidinas/Alex Fleming (KAL), 8-5
Max-William Kanz/Andhare Samvid (SIOT) def. Adnan Alousi/Seth Keana (KAL), 8-0
Vivek Harinarayan/
Andrew He (SIOT) def. Tieran Rafferty/Harry Spark (KAL), 8-3
SINGLES
Vivek Harinarayan (SIOT) def. Gabe Vidinas (KAL), 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 10-8
Adnan Alousi (KAL) def.
Andrew He (SIOT), 4-6, 6-0, 10-4
Max-William Kanz (SIOT) def. Alex Fleming (KAL), 6-0, 6-3
Sebastian Wroe (SIOT) def. Lucas Preston (KAL), 6-1, 6-1
Johnny Haase (SIOT) def. Lukas Hultberg (KAL), 6-1, 6-3
Tristian Wroe (SIOT) def. Parker Foster (KAL), 6-0, 6-0
Around the MAC Freedom
- Rowan College of South Jersey 2, Arcadia 7 F/SUN
- Clarks Summit 0, Misericordia 9 F/MON
- Lebanon Valley 7, Messiah 2 F/MON
- Eastern 1, DeSales 8 F/TUE
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