The No. 4-ranked Emory men's tennis team has earned
a spot in the championship match of the ITA National Indoor
Championships after recording a decisive win over Carnegie Mellon
University in the semifinals. The Eagles raised their spring
dual mark to 6-1 following an 8-1 triumph over the Tartans and will
meet either No. 5 UC-Santa Cruz or No. 6 Washington University for
the title on Sunday beginning at 8:30 a.m. This year's
ITA National Indoor Championships are being held in Fredericksburg,
Va.
For the second straight day, the Eagles held a 3-0 lead after
sweeping the doubles portion of the match. Emory's No.
1 tandem of Chris Goodwin and Will Humphreys came through with an
8-6 triumph over CMU's Bobby McTaggart and Sam Wichlin,
raising their spring record to 6-1, while the No. 2 duo of Eric
Rothschild and Alex Chun notched an 8-4 verdict over Jeremy King
and Alex Nemerov. At the No. 3 slot, senior Colin Egan
and junior Dillon Pottish continued their solid play by breezing
past Mason Radford and Jooho Yu, 8-0.
Emory captured five singles points, highlighted by
Pottish's effort at No. 1 where he bettered Nemerov, 6-0,
6-2, boosting his dual mark to 7-0. Goodwin
manufactured a 6-2, 6-0 triumph against MacTaggart at the No.
2 slot while freshman Nick Szczurek continued to impress with a
6-2, 6-1 victory against Harsha Rao at No. 4. Other Emory
winners in singles included Egan at No. 4 and freshman Simon
LePerusse at No. 5.