THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (J.B. Carr Tennis Bubble)
 
- Scores: No. 24 MIT - 9, Nichols - 0
 
- Records: MIT (4-2), Nichols (2-6)
 
- The Lead: The No. 24 MIT men's tennis team cruised to a 9-0 win over visiting Nichols on Saturday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
- The Engineers started strong, winning all three doubles matches convincingly. In No. 3 doubles, seniors Sundeep Chakladar (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Joseph Li (Naperville, Ill.) took an 8-1 win, the first of the day, followed by an 8-1 MIT win in No. 2 doubles by senior Kailas Kahler (Pawtucket, R.I.) and first-year Adam Sun (Glendale, Ariz.). Graduate student Daniel Papacica (Carmel, Calif.) and first-year Grant Gallagher (Irvine, Calif.) closed out doubles action with an 8-3 win.
 
- MIT won all six singles. The first singles win came from sophomore Jeremy Yu (Coppell, Texas) by a 6-3, 6-2 score in No. 6 singles followed by first-year Siddharth Marathe (Pune India) in three singles with a 7-5, 6-2 win.
 
- First-year Shrish Choudhary (Fremont, Calif.) took No. 2 singles by a score of 6-3, 6-0 while junior Ryan Xiao (Cary, N.C.) won in No. 1 singles by a 6-3, 6-4 score. Sophomore Ethan Nguyen (Farmington, N.M.) won 6-2, 7-6 with a 3-0 tiebreaker in four singles followed by sophomore Nicholas Liu (San Diego, Calif.) finishing off the day with a 6-0, 6-4 win in five singles.
 
UP NEXT
- MIT is back in action next week and will open NEWMAC play when they host Clark University on Saturday, March 16th at 1pm at the DuPont Tennis Courts.
 
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