Tartans Open Year at Kenyon Invitational

(GAMBIER, Ohio) – The Carnegie Mellon University men's tennis team opened its season at the Kenyon College Invitational on Saturday, September 16 and Sunday, September 17.

Highlights of Singles Play

• Senior Nicholas Wernink won all three of his matches with wins against players from Washington and Lee University, Denison University, and the College of Wooster.
• Freshman Jonathan Gu was 2-1 in singles play with his first career victory coming by an 8-5 score against Rider Yeaman of Washington and Lee University.
• Other singles victories came from sophomore Akshay Joshi, junior Chaitanya Irkar, freshman Justin Yi, and freshman Daniel Kong.

Highlights of Doubles Play

• The Tartans won three of nine doubles matches for the weekend.
• Winners were Yi and Gu by a 6-3 score against Patrick Johnson and Namit Misra of Wooster, Wernink and freshman Theodore Gershon by a 7-6 score against a pair from Denison, and Joshi and Kong by an 8-7 score against a duo from Kenyon.

Up Next

The Tartans will host an invitational on Friday, September 22 and Saturday, September 23 with Friday's action starting at 12:00 p.m.