THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Norton, Mass. (Beard Field House)
 
- Scores: No. 24 MIT - 8, Wheaton - 1
 
- Records: MIT (8-2, 2-0 NEWMAC), Wheaton (5-6, 1-1 NEWMAC)
 
- The Lead: The No. 24 MIT men's tennis team earned a convincing 8-1 road victory over Wheaton College on Saturday afternoon in Norton, Mass.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- MIT won two of three doubles matches with first-years Shrish Choudhary (Fremont, Calif.) and Grant Gallagher (Irvine, Calif.) defeating Paul Berteaux and Jake Murray, 8-3, in the No. 2 position. Seniors Kailas Kahler (Pawtucket, R.I.) and Sundeep Chakladar (Redondo Beach, Calif.) quickly followed with an 8-6 win over Jaime Galligo and Eli Hanlon in the top slot.
 
- The Engineers did not drop a set in any of their six singles wins. Kahler opened singles action with a 6-0, 6-1 win against Galligo in the top slot, and Gallagher followed with a 6-3, 6-0 win in No. 4 singles over Bor. First-year Siddharth Marathe (Pune, India) defeated Murray 6-2, 6-0 in the No. 3 slot.
 
- In the No. 2 position, Xiao notched a 6-2, 6-2 win over Berteaux while Chakladar registered a 6-0, 6-4 decision against Van Dyke in the fifth spot. First-year Cole Armstrong (Mary Esther, Fla.) wrapped up the match with a 6-4, 6-3 win in No. 6 singles over Hanlon.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT is back in action on Thursday, April 4 when it travels to No. 32 Brandeis University for a 3:00 p.m. start.
 
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