Strong Play Not Enough in #16 Tartans Setback at #12 Pomona-Pitzer

(CLAREMONT, Calif.) – The Carnegie Mellon University men's tennis team, ranked 16th nationally, fell 6-3 in a hard fought battle at #12 Pomona-Pitzer Tuesday, March 13. The setback moves the Tartans dual match record to 6-4 while the Sagehens improve to 6-5.

Carnegie Mellon duo of Christian Heaney-Secord (Westwood, Mass./Westwood) and Bryce Beisswanger (Los Angeles, Calif./Viewpoint School) won their fourth doubles match of the season giving the Tartans the lone team point following doubles play.  The tandem defeated Chris Wiechert and Connor Sutton 8-6 at third doubles.

The Tartans recorded two points during singles play with victories at No. 4 and No. 5. Freshman Will Duncan (Newbury Park, Calif./Newbury Park) won 6-4, 7-5 over Frankie Allinson at four singles while senior Jeremy King (East Meadow, N.Y./Chaminade) defeated Uday Singh 7-5, 6-3 at fifth singles.

Doubles
1. Tommy Meyer/Uday Singh (PP) def. Will Duncan/Duke Miller 8-6
2. Max Sabel/Frankie Allinson (PP) def. Thomas Cooper/Jeremy King 9-8 (8-6)
3. Christian Heaney-Secord/Bryce Beisswanger (CMU) def. Chris Wiechert/Connor Sutton 8-6

Singles
1. Tommy Meyer (PP) def. Duke Miller 6-4, 6-2
2. Chris Wiechert (PP) def. Christian Heaney-Secord 7-5, 6-2
3. Max Sabel (PP) def. Harsha Rao 4-6, 6-3, 10-4
4. Will Duncan (CMU) def. Frankie Allinson  6-4, 7-5
5. Jeremy King (CMU) def. Uday Singh 7-5, 6-3
6. Connor Hudson (PP) def. Jooho Yu 6-3, 6-4