The Colorado College men's tennis team battled hard on Saturday, but fell to seventh-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7-0, in Claremont, Calif.
 
Claremont jumped out to an early 1-0 lead by sweeping the doubles matches. The Tigers' No. 1 team of Andrew Kaelin and Aiden Little posted the best result, falling 8-4 at the No. 1 spot to Ian Freer and Matthew Robinson.
 
The Stags won all six singles matches, but a couple were very close. Little won the first set against  Warren Pham at the No. 3 spot before falling, 3-6, 6-3, 1-0(7). Meanwhile, Nate Beerman saved nine match points in the second-set tiebreak, but lost to Josh Kim, 7-5, 7-6(14), at No. 5.
 
Claremont won the other four matches in straight sets.
 
The Tigers return to action on Sunday, March 17, against Cal Lutheran, in Thousand Oaks, Calif., beginning at 2 p.m. (PT).
 
 
No. 7 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 7, Colorado College 0
March 16, 2024
Claremont, CA
 
Doubles
1. Ian Freer / Matthew Robinson (CMS) def. Aiden Little / Andrew Kaelin, 6-4
2. Advik Mareedu / Anirudh Reddy (CMS) def. Nick Anderson / Dominik Kaminski, 6-1
3. Josh Kim / Tarm Rojanasoonthon (CMS) def. Lucas Pastor / Nate Beerman, 6-2
 
Singles
1. Advik Mareedu (CMS) def. Andrew Kaelin, 6-3, 6-1
2. Matthew Robinson (CMS) def. Lucas Pastor, 7-6(3), 6-1
3. Warren Pham (CMS) def. Aiden Little, 3-6, 6-3, 1-0(7)
4. Tarm Rojanasoonthon (CMS) def. Hudson Chris, 6-1, 6-1
5. Josh Kim (CMS) def. Nate Beerman, 7-5, 7-6(14)
6. Anirudh Reddy (CMS) def. Jack Delafield, 6-0, 6-3