Men's Tennis 3/31/2012 12:00:00 AM

W&L Men's Tennis is Defeated by No. 13 Carnegie Mellon

PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- The 19th-ranked Washington and Lee men's tennis team saw its nine-game winning streak halted on Saturday, falling to 13th-ranked Carnegie Mellon by a score of 6-3 in Pittsburgh, Pa.

CMU took two of the three doubles matches and Nos. 1-4 singles in improving to 10-4 on the season.

With the loss, the Generals fell to 11-4 overall with one regular season match remaining, a match against Hampden-Sydney that was postponed earlier this season. A make-up date for has yet to be determined.

-- GENERALS --

Washington and Lee Tennis
Washington and Lee vs Carnegie Mellon (Mar 31, 2012)

#13 Carnegie Mellon 6, #19 Washington and Lee 3
Mar 31, 2012 at Pittsburgh, Pa.

Singles competition

1. Duke Miller (CMUM) def. Hayden White (W&L) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4

2. C. Heaney-Secord (CMUM) def. Taylor Shamshiri (W&L) 6-3, 6-1

3. Will Duncan (CMUM) def. Jeremy Becht (W&L) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2

4. Harsha Rao (CMUM) def. Michael Goldstein (W&L) 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 10-4

5. Michael Freeman (W&L) def. Thomas Cooper (CMUM) 6-1, 6-2

6. Christopher Hu (W&L) def. Jooho Yu (CMUM) 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 10-7

Doubles competition

1. Duke Miller/Will Duncan (CMUM) def. Mac Davis/Michael Goldstein (W&L) 8-4

2. Thomas Cooper/Harsha Rao (CMUM) def. Taylor Shamshiri/Hayden White (W&L) 8-1

3. Christopher Hu/Jeremy Becht (W&L) def. C. Heaney-Secord/Bryce Beisswanger (CMUM) 9-8 (9-7)

Match Notes

Washington and Lee 11-4; National ranking #19

Carnegie Mellon 10-4; National ranking #13

Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (2,5,3,1,4,6)

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Players Mentioned

Jeremy Becht: 5' 7"; Senior

Michael Goldstein: 5' 11"; First Year

Christopher Hu: 5' 11"; First Year

Taylor Shamshiri: 5' 8"; First Year

Hayden White: 6' 0"; Junior

Players Mentioned

Jeremy Becht
: 5' 7"; Senior

Michael Goldstein
: 5' 11"; First Year

Christopher Hu
: 5' 11"; First Year

Taylor Shamshiri
: 5' 8"; First Year

Hayden White
: 6' 0"; Junior

Washington and Lee Tennis Washington and Lee vs Carnegie Mellon (Mar 31, 2012)

Players Mentioned

Players Mentioned

Washington and Lee Tennis
Washington and Lee vs Carnegie Mellon (Mar 31, 2012)