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Adam Sun in the ready position during a tennis match
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Wesleyan WESLEYAN (2-6)
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Winner MIT MIT (7-2)
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Final
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MIT MIT
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

No. 24 Men's Tennis Defeats No. 30 Wesleyan, 6-3

THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (J.B. Carr Tennis Bubble)
 
- Scores: No. 24 MIT - 6, No. 30 Wesleyan - 3
 
- Records: MIT (7-2), Wesleyan (2-6)
 
- The Lead: The No. 24 MIT men's tennis team earned a 6-3 victory over No. 30 Wesleyan University on Friday afternoon in the J.B. Carr Tennis Bubble.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
- MIT won two of three doubles matches with MIT's first win of the day coming from senior Kailas Kahler (Pawtucket, R.I.) and first-year Adam Sun (Glendale, Ariz.) as they took No. 2 doubles, 8-7 in a tie break over Chase Kasday and Harry Collomb. Seniors Sundeep Chakladar (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Joseph Li (Naperville, Ill.) followed with an 8-7 tie-breaking win in No. 3 doubles against Brett Keeling and Max Litton.

- MIT won four of six singles matches. The first singles win came from junior Ryan Xiao (Cary, N.C.) over Brett Keeling, 7-6, 6-1 in No. 3 singles. Sun followed beating Collomb 6-3, 6-3 in four singles.

- Graduate Student Daniel Papacica (Carmel, Calif.) won 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in No. 2 singles over Ben Mitchell. First-year Siddharth Marathe (Pune India) finished the day with a 6-4, 6-2 win in six singles over Harry Portnoy.
 
UP NEXT
- The Engineers return to action tomorrow March 23 for a 1 P.M. road NEWMAC contest against Wheaton.
 
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