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Whitman WHITMAN (4-8)
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Winner Caltech CALTECH (5-0)
Whitman WHITMAN
(4-8)
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Final
8
Caltech CALTECH
(5-0)
Winner
Alejandro Raffo

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Men's Tennis Closes Trip With Loss At No. 13 Caltech

PASADENA, Calif. - The Whitman College men's tennis team had a tall order in front of them in facing No. 13 Caltech, playing the Beavers close in a handful of matches but ultimately came short in an 8-1 loss on Saturday.

Caltech (5-0) took the first step toward victory after winning two of the three doubles matches. Diego Guzman and Noah Baker fell at the one for the first Beaver point, but Charles Rush and Artem Manov responded with an 8-5 win at the three to even the score. Caltech ensured itself of the lead through doubles however when the pair of Kyle McCandless and Daniel Wen topped Aidan Schutter and Lucas Huang 8-6 at the two.

Caltech finished off the Blues (4-10) quickly with wins on the No. 4 then No. 1 singles courts. With the match at hand however, the remaining four singles contests all went three sets including a combined three tiebreakers. Huang and Andrew Zabelo engaged in an epic battle, each winning a tiebreaker before Zabelo closed out the match 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 10-6.

The Blues now set their sights on the month of April and the home stretch of the Northwest Conference season. Next up is at Pacific on Saturday, Apr. 1 at 1:00 p.m.
 
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