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YOOK WINS AGAIN, BUT PANTHERS FALL TO CARNEGIE MELLON

ORANGE, Calif. – The Chapman University men’s tennis team was defeated 7-2 Sunday by visiting Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) at the Chapman Tennis Courts. The loss was the third straight by the Panthers, who fell to 1-5 in dual matches this season.

The Tartans swept the doubles matches and then won four of the six matches in singles play. No. 1 seeded senior Clifford Yook rallied from a first-game loss and pulled off his fifth consecutive singles victory, defeating Carnegie Mellon’s No. 1 seed, freshman Alex Nemerov 6-7, 6-4, 6-2. Yook, currently ranked No. 9 in the West Region, improved to 9-2 overall this year. Chapman’s other win came from the No. 6 singles seed, Scott Fong, who won his match 7-6, 7-5.

The Panthers will face both Whittier and Colorado College in a doubleheader this upcoming Saturday at home beginning at 9 a.m.

Doubles
1). Muliawan/MacTaggart (CMU) def. Yook/Nomi (CU) 7-9
2). Raghavan/Clearfield (CMU) def. Martin/Buttle (CU) 1-8
3). Nemerov/Spero (CMU) def. Fracalosy/ Gabell (CU) 0-8

Singles:
1). Clifford Yook (CU) def. Alex Nemerov (CMU) 6-7, 6-4, 6-2
2). Andrew Clearfield (CMU) def. Tyler Martin (CU) 0-6, 1-6
3). James Muliawan (CMU) def. Leland Buttle (CU) 3-6, 3-6
4). Jon Spero (CMU) def. Wes Nomi (CU) 2-6, 1-6
5). Yiran Liu (CMU) def. Jeff Fracalosy (CU) 1-6, 4-6
6). Scott Fong (CU) def. Nikola Ljuboja (CMU) 7-6, 7-5

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