The Eagles had a successful day in Rome, GA, sending both doubles teams and junior
Ajay Kartik to the semifinal round at the ITA Cup.
Starting the day in singles, Kartik delivered the quarterfinals victory in a thrilling 7-6, 7-6 tiebreak decision against Johns Hopkins' Adamantios Stavrakas to advance to Saturday's semifinal. In the consolation side of the singles bracket, graduate transfer
Mitchell Deames took down Middlebury College's Noah Lewis 7-5, 6-3.
In doubles, Kartik and his classmate
Sammy Nieder took down UMW 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the doubles semifinal while Deames and freshman
Juno Pethe defeated the duo from Tufts in a 10-7 super set to move on to the next round.
The Eagles will be back tomorrow for day three of competition at the ITA Cup, with singles beginning at 12:30 p.m.