SWARTHMORE, Pa. (March 30, 2024) – Sophomore Max-William Kanz earned the lone victory for the Ducks as the Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis team lost to No. 11 Swarthmore 8-1 Saturday afternoon.

The Ducks got swept on the doubles side as they stared down an early 3-0 deficit. Senior Aashi Kulakarni and junior Vivek Harinarayan came close in their match on the second line, losing just 8-7.

Each singles match finished in two sets. Kanz finished second to last out of the sixth, so the score was already 7-0 by the time his match finished. He won 6-4, 7-6 on the fourth line. He went 3-1 on the weekend.

The loss ends a three-match losing streak for Stevens, as the Ducks fall to 4-5 heading into MAC Freedom play. The Ducks are now 2-7 all-time against Swarthmore, including losing the last four. The Garnet improved to 11-1 with the win.

The Rundown
DOUBLES

Michael Melnikov/Utham Koduri (SWA) def. Olof Persson/Sebastian Wroe (SIOT), 8-2
Andres Fente/Rushil Patel (SWA) def. Vivek Harinarayan/Aashi Kulakarni (SIOT), 8-7
Aadhi Raja/Max Lindstrom (SWA) def. Samvid Andhare/Max-William Kanz (SIOT), 8-2

SINGLES

Michael Melnikov (SWA) def. Aashi Kulakarni (SIOT), 6-3, 6-2
Max Lindstrom (SWA) def. Vivek Harinarayan (SIOT), 6-3, 7-5
Kevin Jiang (SWA) def. Andrew He (SIOT), 6-3, 6-0
Max-William Kanz (SIOT) def. Winston Zhang (SWA), 6-4, 7-6
Rishi Verma (SWA) def. Olof Persson (SIOT), 6-4, 6-4
Lalith Suresh (SWA) def. Samvid Andhare (SIOT), 7-6, 6-2

Around the MAC Freedom

• Rutgers-Camden 0, Arcadia 9

Up Next

• The Ducks are back in action tomorrow next Saturday as they visit Misericordia to kick off MAC Freedom action. First serve is set for 1:00 p.m. Stevens is 2-0 all-time against Misericordia. Appropriate links will be posted to stevensducks.com

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