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John Carroll Men's Tennis Runs Into Buzzsaw At Case Reserve

Mike Finissi (left) and James Steward strategize during their #2 doubles match against Case Reserve Saturday
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John Carroll ran into a buzzsaw Saturday afternoon at the Carlton Courts, falling to Case Reserve, 9-0, in a non-conference match staged between the two Cleveland area rivals.

Case Reserve, which was coming off a win over Division I Butler in its most recent match last week, won three tight doubles matches (all either 8-5 or 8-6), then rolled to straight set wins in five of the six singles matches. Only Matt Tomayko extended his match to three sets at #3 singles, falling to Rohan Patel by a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 score.

John Carroll falls to 4-6 with the loss while Case Reserve improves to 5-9.

#1 doubles - Rohan Patel/Greg Woyczynski (Case) def. Chad Ruehs/Matt Tomayko 8-5
#2 doubles - Allen Ye/Adam Erickson (Case) def. Mike Finissi/James Steward 8-5
#3 doubles - Paul Smetona/John Smetona (Case) def. Ross Venzke/Mike Hulesman 8-6

#1 singles - John Smetona (Case) def. James Steward 7-6, 6-1
#2 singles - Allen Ye (Case) def. Chad Ruehs 6-0, 6-2
#3 singles - Rohan Patel (Case) def. Matt Tomayko 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
#4 singles - Kenneth Nguyen (Case) def. Mike Finissi 6-0, 6-2
#5 singles - Adam Erickson (Case) def. Ross Venzke 6-3, 6-1
#6 singles - Paul Smetona (Case) def. Mike Hulesman 6-3, 6-0

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