Oberlin, Ohio — The Oberlin College men's tennis team turned in a strong showing at the Oberlin Invitational, competing against players from Case Western Reserve, Allegheny, Ohio Northern, Findlay, and Tiffin throughout the weekend.
In singles play, the Crimson and Gold picked up 11 victories across the competition. Enrique Margain, Zain Makada, Max Brose, Oliver Knijnenburg, Dash Smith, Ben Tichauer, Brady Huggett, and Rohan Nelthropp all recorded singles wins.
Makada delivered one of the weekend's tightest performances, defeating Ohio Northern's Ethan Remy 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-1). Brose also battled back from an opening-set loss to defeat Case Western Reserve's Harry Glickstein 4-6, 6-3, 10-4.
Knijnenburg rallied past Findlay's Cameron Davis 6-3, 2-6, 10-5, while Huggett earned a three-set victory over Allegheny's Luis Espla, 6-3, 4-6, 10-2. Tichauer also came from behind to defeat Davis 4-6, 6-2, 10-3.
Smith posted a pair of singles victories, defeating Findlay's Runa Kagoshima 6-4, 6-3 after narrowly falling to Case Western Reserve's Derek Shiffer 6-4, 7-6 (9-7).
Nelthropp added two wins, defeating Findlay's Cayden Stratford 6-1, 6-3 and Tiffin's Mason Pierri 6-4, 6-1.
In doubles play, Oberlin collected eight victories across the weekend.
Ben Tichauer and Rowan Ing went undefeated in their two matches, defeating Allegheny pairings 6-2 and 6-3. Enrique Margain and Oliver Knijnenburg earned a 6-3 victory over Allegheny's Logan Memije and Arjun Murali.
Max Brose and Cameron Weiss earned a close 7-5 victory over Case Western Reserve's Rishi Palle and David Bell, while Oliver Knijnenburg and Dash Smith edged Allegheny's Reid Stasolla and Luis Espla 7-6 (7-5).
Additional Oberlin doubles wins came from Cameron Weiss and Rohan Nelthropp, Dash Smith and Zain Makada, Ben Tichauer and Brady Huggett, and Rohan Nelthropp and Rowan Ing.
The Crimson and Gold will travel to Indianapolis for the ITA Regionals on October 2nd.
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