Men's Tennis rebounds with 5-2 win over #20 Carnegie Mellon

Box Score SEWANEE, Tenn. – The Tigers rebounded from a two-loss weekend taking down #20 Carnegie Mellon in Atlanta.

Gil Weston and Talman Ramsey started the doubles sweep with a 6-4 win at No. 2. One minute later, the nationally ranked #8 team of Jordan Theron and Quinn Wicklund took the match with a singular break, 6-4. The sweep and the doubles point was clinched at No. 3 doubles with a 6-3 win by Andre Jakobi and Ben Lammert.

In singles action, Wicklund rolled at No. 3 with a straight sets win, 6-1, 6-4. Theron followed with a straightforward win at No. 1, finishing with a 6-2, 6-3. Talman Ramsey continued the momentum with a lopsided victory from No. 6, 6-0, 6-0.

Losing the first set, Remi Jakobi fought in the second set but ultimately fell 6-1, 6-4 at No. 4. Ben Lammert took a convincing first set at No. 2 but split sets and lost 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.

At No. 5, Gil Weston took a tight first set in a tiebreak, then dropped the second set. He fought back in the third set super tiebreak, finishing the day off with a 7-6(5), 3-6, (10-7) win.

The Tigers bounced back to 4-2 on the season. They travel to California next week, taking on DII Westmont in Santa Barbara, CA on March 1st.

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Players Mentioned

Talman Ramsey: 5' 9"; Senior

Jordan Theron: 6' 4"; Senior

Gil Weston: 5' 11"; Senior

Quinn Wicklund: 6' 3"; Senior

Ben Lammert: 6' 2"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Talman Ramsey
: 5' 9"; Senior

Jordan Theron
: 6' 4"; Senior

Gil Weston
: 5' 11"; Senior

Quinn Wicklund
: 6' 3"; Senior

Ben Lammert
: 6' 2"; Freshman