Men's Tennis | 2/8/2025 9:19:00 PM

Box Score Oberlin, Ohio – In their second match in as many days, the Oberlin College men's tennis team fell to the #22 Carnegie Mellon University Tartans, 7–0.
 
Despite the lopsided scoreline, the Yeomen showed up ready to compete from the first ball. Each of the three doubles teams began their matches with a lead, although only one team was able to maintain it. First-years Enrique Margain and Max Brose were fired up from the first point and took control of the net en route to a dominant 6–2 win over the Tartans' #3 team, Jonathan Gu and Theodore Gershon. 
 
Both of Oberlin's #1 and #2 teams were locked in tough battles but just didn't have enough to get the win. Second-year Shawn Lisann and first-year Brady Huggett went up a break early in their #1 doubles match against Alex Feies and Akshay Joshi but were broken right back. The Oberlin duo was able to save a match point at 4–5, 40–40, but couldn't come up with the goods again and were broken to lose 7–5.
 
Oberlin's #2 squad, second-year Zain Makada and first-year Oliver Knijnenburg, played well against Will Secord and Brendan Hendrata and managed to break the Tartans' serve once but couldn't do it again as they lost 6–4.
 
Coming off intense doubles play that earned the Tartans one point, the momentum carried over into the first sets of singles play. 
 
Lisann had his hands full against Feies, the #4 singles player in Division III and the Tartans' #1. Lisann was able to break Feies' serve in the third game of the first set, but couldn't handle the barrage of forehands and dropped the first 6–1. The Yeoman faired better in the second set and broke to stay in the match down 5–2, but was broken right back to cap a 6–1, 6–3 loss.
 
Margain fought in the longest match of the day against Raghav Jangbahadur in a battle between two lefties. The #2 singles match featured lengthy rallies and hard-hitting exchanges that often found Jangbahadur on top. Winning a majority of deuce points propelled the Tartan to a 6–3, 6–3 win. 
 
Daniel Kong came out firing on all cylinders against Makada, who was struggling to find his rhythm in the first set. After going down 6–1, Makada started ripping winners and getting himself and the team fired up. Makada continuously threatened to take control of the second set, but Kong weathered the storm to come through 6–1, 6–3 in the #3 singles match.
 
After a lengthy match the day before, Brose came out flat against #4 Braden Chavez, whose consistency and tenacity were tough to break down. Chavez cruised through both sets to notch a 6–1, 6–0 win.
 
Despite the loss, Brose had many positive takeaways from his first home match, especially his first spring doubles win.
 
"[The doubles win] definitely gave me a lot of confidence moving forward into the future," Brose said. "I'm going to remember what worked well in this match and will try to replicate it throughout the season."
 
Second-year Ben Tichauer started off slowly against Secord and wasn't able to catch up, losing 6–1, 6–2 in the #5 slot. 
 
Oliver Faranda fought tooth and nail through his #6 singles match and kept hyping himself up after winning every important point. Even though the first-year lost 6–3, 6–2 to Gershon, his never-give-up mentality shone through.
 
The Yeomen fall to 1-3 on the season with the loss, but will look to rebound when they host Hope College next Saturday at 3:00 p.m.
 
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