Massachusetts Institute of Technology

THE BASICS:
 
- Score: No. 34 MIT - 5, Coast Guard - 3
 
- Records: MIT (11-6), Coast Guard (13-3)
 
- Location: New London, Conn. (Coast Guard Academy Tennis Courts)
 
- The Lead: The MIT men's tennis team captured its 22nd NEWMAC Championship and improved to 44-0 all-time in the tournament as the Engineers avenged an earlier loss to Coast Guard with a 5-3 win on Sunday afternoon to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Junior Benji Grossman (Sands Point, N.Y.) was named the tournament's most outstanding player.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- After falling behind 1-0 in doubles, first-year Wayne Nelms (Baltimore, Md.) and sophomore Sundeep Chakladar (Redondo Beach, Calif.) took an 8-4 win in two doubles to even up the score. After trailing for a portion of the match in three doubles, first-year Carl-Herman Grant (Oslo, Norway) and first-year Daniel Antov (Austin, Texas) rallied to win the match 8-7 and give the Engineers a 2-1 lead heading into singles.
 
- Sophomore Kailas Kahler (Pawtucket, R.I.) won in No. 2 singles, 6-1, 6-2, and a 6-4, 6-2 win by junior Richter Jordaan (Denver, Colo.) in five singles left MIT needing just one more victory for the Championship. That win came in No. 6 singles from Grossman who pulled out a three-set win, 6-2, 1-6, 6-0 for the win.
 
UP NEXT:

- The Engineers will now await their placement and opponent in the 2022 NCAA Tournament with first-round action scheduled to begin on Thursday, May 12.

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