THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Somerville, Mass. (South Tennis Courts)
 
- Score: No. 37 MIT – 5, No. 21 Swarthmore - 4

- Records: MIT (16-11), Swarthmore (14-4)
 
- The Lead: The No. 37 MIT men's tennis team snapped an 11-match winning streak for the No. 21 Swarthmore Garnet as the Engineers earned an exciting 5-4 win in the second round of the NCAA Regional to advance to tomorrow's regional championship.  
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
- MIT fell behind in doubles with a loss in No. 2, but senior Derek Shen (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) and junior Joseph Li (Naperville, Ill.) defeated Rushil Patel and Charley Foece 8-4 in three doubles, and junior Kailas Kahler (Pawtucket, R.I.) and senior Daniel Papacica (Carmel, Calif.) took No. 1 doubles 8-6.
 
- The Garnet opened singles play with wins in No. 1 and No. 6, but Papacica defeated Force, 6-4, 6-4 in two singles to tie the match at three.
 
- Sophomore Ryan Xiao (Cary, N.C.) put MIT up one with a 6-4, 6-4 win in three singles, but the Garnet took No. 5 singles to set up a decisive match in three singles between Shen and Max Lindstrom. Lindstrom took the first set 6-4 before Shen rallied to win the next two, 7-6, 6-4 to give MIT the win.
 
UP NEXT:

- The Engineers will take on host and No. 2 Tufts tomorrow in the Regional Championship. The match is scheduled for a 12 p.m. start.   

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