GAMBIER, Ohio -- Playing outside for the first time since their spring-break games in Florida, the Kenyon College Owls recorded a 9-0 men's tennis victory over the Wittenberg University Tigers on Sunday at VandenBerg Courts.
The win, Kenyon's third in the last three days, has the No. 17-ranked Owls' overall record at 8-9 and their North Coast Athletic Conference mark at 2-1. The loss dropped Wittenberg to 3-9 overall and 0-2 in conference contests.
Thomas Kallarakal and
Eric Zhang got things started for Kenyon by racing to an 8-1 win in their No. 3 doubles match against Derek Stinefield and Mark Trinka.
Christophe Leblanc and
Luis Andres Platas were not far behind. A few minutes later, they scored Kenyon's second team point by beating Joe Patton and Kyle Fout in the No. 2 doubles match, 8-2.
At No. 1 doubles, Eliezer Gonzalez and Paulo Pocasangre Kreling finished off the Kenyon doubles sweep by hanging on for an 8-6 victory over Jake Stockhausen and Ethan Libby.
The Kenyon lineup for singles play got shuffled up from its normal order, but the Owls got a couple more wins from Kallarakal at No. 2 and from Pocasangre Kreling at No. 3.
At No. 1 singles, Rishil Kondapaneni held off Patton 6-3, 7-5. The rest of the Kenyon singles wins came from Rakkan Audeh at No. 4, Harshal Rukhaiyar at No. 5 and a convincing 6-0, 6-1 victory from Subhan Bin Salik at No. 6.
Kenyon has four more matches left on its schedule. The next one being Friday at home against Oberlin College. That match will feature Senior Day, as well as an alumni celebration.
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