No. 15 Men’s Tennis to Wrap-Up Campaign with Two Saturday ‘Senior Day’ Matches

Case Western Reserve Athletic News


Apr 28, 2017





The Case Western Reserve University men's tennis team, ranked 15th in Division III, will conclude its 2016-17 regular season on Saturday, April 29th with matches against John Carroll University at 8:30 a.m. and Franciscan University at 12:30 p.m. to be played indoors at the Medical Mutual Tennis Pavilion on the campus of Cleveland State University.In addition to the matches, prior to the start of the Franciscan contest, the Spartans will be honoring their five graduating senior players – Adam Collins, Fred Daum, Kevin Dong, Josh Dughi and Phillip Gruber.  Together, the group of seniors has been one of the most successful classes in the program's history, helping lead CWRU to a 76-32 overall record over the past four seasons, including a trip to the NCAA Division III Quarterfinals in 2014, and the Round of 16 last season.This year's team has gone 20-6, and will enter Saturday with a chance to break the program's single-season record of 22 victories in a season, set during the 2013 and 2016 seasons.  The Spartans are the third-ranked squad in the latest ITA Central Region rankings, and feature the region's 18th-ranked singles player in James Fojtasek, and the 14th-ranked doubles pairing in Daum and John Benedetto.John Carroll stands at 11-6 on the season and has won nine-straight matches entering Saturday's contest.  The Blue Streaks are ranked 17th in the Central Region, while Jad Abdul-Aal is the 14th-ranked singles player in the region.Franciscan is 10-9 on the season, but has won three-straight matches and nine of their last 10 contests entering the weekend.  Saturday's contest will be a rematch of last year's NCAA Tournament second round match in Cleveland, which the Spartans won 5-0 over the Barons.Full results from Saturday's matches will be posted to athletics.case.edu, along with a recap, following the completion of competition.  Fans can also follow the matches with updates on the ...

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