Tartans Defeat Robert Morris 9-0

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – The Carnegie Mellon University men's tennis team, ranked #17 in Division III, topped Division I Robert Morris University 9-0 Sunday, February 19.  The win improves the Tartans dual record to 3-2.  

The Tartans started the match sweeping doubles play.  The tandem of senior Jeremy King (East Meadow, N.Y./Chaminade) and freshman Thomas Cooper (Albuquerque, N.M./Albuquerque Academy) blanked Ricardo Horlle and Jose Limon at second doubles 8-0. Cooper grabbed a second point for the Tartans with a straight set victory at fifth singles when he defeated Horlie 6-2, 6-1.

Carnegie Mellon 9, Robert Morris 0

Doubles Competition
1. Duke Miller/Will Duncan (CMU) def. Andre Coiro/Tarun Kishan 8-6
2. Jeremy King/Thomas Cooper (CMU) Ricardo Horlle/Jose Limon 8-0
3. C. Heaney-Secord/Bryce Beisswanger (CMU) def. Aaron Haas/Andre Coiro 8-4

Singles Competition
1. Miller (CMU) def. Limon 6-2, 6-7, 10-6
2. Heaney-Secord (CMU) def. Coiro 6-1, 6-7, 10-7
3. Harsha Rao (CMU) def. Thompson 7-6, 6-1
4. Duncan (CMU) def. Kishan 6-1, 6-4
5. Cooper (CMU) def. Horlle 6-2, 6-1
6. Yu (CMU) def. Igor Neves 6-2, 6-1