Pittsburgh, Pa.– The Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis team put up a strong fight against No. 26 Carnegie Mellon on Saturday, ultimately falling 5-2.

HOW IT HAPPENED
After the Ducks dropped the first doubles match of the day to go final, Vivek Harinarayan and Matt Luzzi turned a 2-all set into a 6-3 win at No. 2, and the Olof Persson/Max-William Kanz pairing rallied from 5-3 down for a 7-5 win to clinch the opening point for Stevens (3-4).

In singles action, Aidan Miller dropped the opening set of his fourth-flight match, but went 6-3, 6-2 in the second and third sets for the comeback win. Dhaivik Chenemilla took the first set, 7-5, at No. 6 and was tied 2-all in the second, but dropped the set and the ensuing 10-point tiebreaker.

Samvid Andhare led 3-2 and 5-4 in the second of his match at No. 2, but inevitably dropped a straight-set affair. Noah Pe was tied at 2-all in the first set and 3-all in the second of his match at No. 5 but eventually fell in both.

In all, Carnegie Mellon (7-4) took the first three singles points, closed out the win in the penultimate contest, and picked up the day's final point in Chenemilla's match.

UP NEXT
The Ducks will remain in the Commonwealth tomorrow for a 12:00 first serve with Franklin and Marshall.

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