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Playing close to home as the No. 1 seed, the Case Western Reserve University men’s team completed a memorable weekend.

The Spartans captured the first ITA Division III National Team Indoor title in program history with a 5-1 victory over No. 6 University of Chicago on Sunday at the Mayfield Village Racquet Club in Mayfield, Ohio.

CWRU (7-1) won its 26th straight regular-season match against a Division III opponent with the milestone win over UChicago (7-1).

“This means much more to our family and community than just winning a match or a tournament,” CWRU head coach Todd Wojtkowski said. “Thirteen years ago we were not even ranked in the Central Region and to now see CWRU and Cleveland shine on such a national spotlight is something that all of our alumni and family have worked towards for many years.”

The Spartans swept the doubles matches to jump out to a 3-0 lead. Freshman Ansh Shah picked up the first singles win for CWRU with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Derek Hsieh at the No. 3 spot to extend the advantage to 4-0. Graduate senior Jonathan Powell clinched the title for CWRU with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Marek Michulka at No. 6 singles.

Christian Alshon recorded the lone win for UChicago at No. 2 singles, beating Vishwa Aduru 6-0, 6-1.

The Spartans advanced to the final with an 8-1 win over No. 4 Trinity in the semifinals and an 8-1 win over No. 8 Gustavus Adolphus in the quarterfinals.

UChicago beat No. 7 Washington University 8-1 in the semifinals and No. 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 5-4 in the quarterfinals.

“I could not be more proud of Jon to come back for this grad year and to be in a position to give us the clinching point,” Wojtkowski said. “He deserves it.”

Singles:

1. #6 Hopper, James (CWR-M) vs. Asokumar, Arjun (UCM) 6-4, 1-0, unfinished

2. Alshon, Christian (UCM) def. #32 Aduru, Vishwa (CWR-M) 6-0, 6-1

3. #10 Shah, Ansh (CWR-M) def. #42 Hsieh, Derek (UCM) 6-1, 6-3

4. Sutanto, Michael (CWR-M) vs. Guzhva, Alex (UCM) 4-6, 5-2, unfinished

5. Aduru, Chaitanya (CWR-M) vs. Dhawan, Shramay (UCM) 6-1, 5-3, unfinished

6. Powell, Jonathan (CWR-M) def. Michulka, Marek (UCM) 6-2, 6-4

Order of finish: 3,6,2

Doubles: 1. #6 Hopper, James/Powell, Jonathan (CWR-M) def. #25 Hsieh, Derek/Alshon, Christian (UCM) 8-7 (6-4)

2. Aduru, Vishwa/Dayal, Sahil (CWR-M) def. Asokumar, Arjun/Leonov, Andrei (UCM) 8-4

3. Aduru, Chaitanya/Sutanto, Michael (CWR-M) def. Otero, Pat/Forgus, Bailey (UCM) 8-2

Order of finish: 3,2,1

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