Anderson Races Past Earlham in HCAC Quarterfinals

The third-seeded Anderson University men's tennis team raced past sixth-seeded Earlham College by a score of 5-2 during the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Tournament Quarterfinals.

Anderson (13-7) and Earlham (11-11) began the match on Tuesday at Anderson High School in which the doubles round was completed and Anderson took a 1-0 lead. Due to inclement weather, the two teams completed the match by playing the singles round on Thursday at the Community Sport & Wellness Center in Pendleton.

COACH SCOTT GREVE'S COMMENTS

• The guys played a good match against a really good team. The Ravens came ready to play.
• Arturo Mendoza and Martin Suarez played solid matches leading the lineup. Pedro Werneck and Davis Borders helped us clinch the matches by getting points that we needed at No. 5 singles and No. 6 singles. Luis Guerrero played a gutsy match, but came up short in the tiebreaker. Senior captain Dylan Lemon came up clutch for us once again.
• We look forward to the opportunity to play Transylvania in the semifinals. They are a well-coached team. We will be ready to compete and play great tennis!

DOUBLES RESULTS

1. Ivan Wularu/Dreek Saha (Earlham) def. Martin Suarez/Pedro Werneck (Anderson) 6-0

2. Dylan Lemon/Pedro Sette (Anderson) def. Shantu Nagrath/Jackson Swopes (Earlham) 6-1

3. Davis Borders/Luis Guerrero (Anderson) def. Dev Agrawal/Pedro Conci-Rodrigue (Earlham) 6-2

SINGLES RESULTS

1. Ivan Wularu (Earlham) def. Arturo Mendoza (Anderson) 1-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)

2. Martin Suarez (Anderson) def. Dreek Saha (Earlham) 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-4)

3. Dev Agrawal (Earlham) def. Luis Guerrero (Anderson) 7-6 (9-7), 3-6, 1-0 (10-5)

4. Dylan Lemon (Anderson) def. Shantu Nagrath (Earlham) 6-3, 6-1

5. Davis Borders (Anderson) def. Jackson Swopes (Earlham) 6-1, 7-5

6. Pedro Werneck (Anderson) def. Sanjil Magar (Earlham) 6-2, 6-1

UP NEXT

Anderson faces off with second-seeded Transylvania University (7-9) in the HCAC Tournament Semifinals on Saturday.