#16 Tartans Stumble Against #14 Bowdoin

(POMONA, Calif.) – The 16-ranked Carnegie Mellon University men's tennis team squared off against #14 Bowdoin in Pomona, California on Monday, March 12 and fell 7-2 to the Polar Bears.  The loss moves the Tartans record to 6-3 while Bowdoin evens its mark at 1-1 in dual play.

The Tartans doubles team of senior Jeremy King (East Meadow, N.Y./Chaminade) and freshman Thomas Cooper (Albuquerque, N.M./Albuquerque Academy) picked up Carnegie Mellon's lone point in doubles play with a 9-8 (2) victory over Kent Winingham and Noah Bragg at second doubles.

Carnegie Mellon freshman Christian Heaney-Secord (Westwood, Mass./Westwood) then won at second singles over Bragg, 7-6(3), 7-5 for the Tartans second point of the match.

Doubles
1. Sam King/Oscar Pena d. Duke Miller/Will Duncan (CMU) 9-8 (6)
2. Jeremy King/Thomas Cooper (CMU) d. Kent Winingham/Noah Bragg 9-8 (2)
3. Kyle Wolstencroft/Doug Caplan d. C. Heaney-Secord/Bryce Beisswanger (CMU) 8-5

Singles
1. King d. Miller (CMU) 6-2, 7-6 (6)
2. Heaney-Secord (CMU) d. Bragg 7-6 (3), 7-5
3. Pena d.  Harsha Rao (CMU) 7-5, 3-6 7-6 (8)
4. Casey Grindon d. Duncan (CMU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
5. Chris Lord d. King (CMU) 6-2, 6-4
6. Wolstencroft d. Jooho Yu (CMU) 6-3, 6-1