Granville, Ohio- In front of an energetic home crowd on a deceivingly warm match day, the No. 2 Denison Big Red battled the elements and the No. 9 Swarthmore College Garnets in a highly competitive 4-2 home victory. Today's win notches a program-high 17 wins in a row for the Big Red and earned Denison the opportunity to move on to the Elite Eight, where they will take on No. 10 Johns Hopkins in Claremont, California, on May 19. Denison improved to 25-2 for the season, while the Garnets wrapped its season with a record of 16-7.

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The Big Red will travel to Claremont, California, to compete in the 2025 NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Championships as a team. The singles and doubles matches will commence there. Ethan Green, Kael Shah, and Jacob Patterson all qualified for singles play, while Green and Shah will also compete in the doubles tournament.

From the first serve, these two teams played with heart. After cruising through their second-round opponents, both teams brought their "A" game and fought for each point. In doubles play, though, the Big Red came out with the doubles victory. All three courts were on their way to beating their opponents 6-4. Ethan Green and Kael Shah came from behind on court to defeat their opponents. On court two, Jacob Patterson and Colin Gramley, much like on court one, had a slow start, but they didn't let that weigh on them, ultimately building back momentum and securing a 6-4 victory to put the Big Red up by 1.

In singles play, Swarthmore tied the match up at one apiece after Kai Chen defeated Nick Meyers 6-3, 6-3. Denison's Anthony Payiavlas would put the Big Red back up by one after securing a 6-2, 6-3 decision on court six. No. 4 Ethan Green dropped his hard-fought match to No. 10 Michael Melnikov 7-6 (7-3), 7-5, which knotted the two teams at two apiece. No. 22 Jacob Patterson traded points with his opponent, taking the first set 7-6 (7-4) and then ultimately taking the match due to his opponent retiring. Denison would clinch the win on court four, where Andreas Chapides took game one 7-6, then dropped game two 2-6 before his opponent retired in game three while he was up 3-2. Despite having multiple retirements throughout the matchup, both teams rallied until the end, making the Granville Regional Sweet Sixteen a can't miss event.


#2 Denison 4, #9 Swarthmore Men's Tennis 2

Singles competition
1. #10 Michael Melnikov (SWATMT) def. #4 Ethan Green (DENM) 7-6 (7-3), 7-5
2. #3 Kael Shah (DENM) vs. #42 Max Lindstrom (SWATMT) 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, unfinished
3. #22 Jacob Patterson (DENM) def. Lalith Suresh (SWATMT) 7-6 (7-4), 4-3, retired
4. Andreas Chapides (DENM) def. Rishi Verma (SWATMT) 7-6, 2-6, 3-2, retired
5. Kai Chen (SWATMT) def. Nick Meyers (DENM) 6-3, 6-3
6. Anthony Payiavlas (DENM) def. Aamish Pal (SWATMT) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. #1 Ethan Green/Kael Shah (DENM) def. #4 Utham Koduri/Michael Melnikov (SWATMT) 6-4
2. #18 Colin Gramley/Jacob Patterson (DENM) def. Andres Fente/Kai Chen (SWATMT) 6-4
3. Andreas Chapides/Nick Meyers(DENM) vs. Max Lindstrom/Aadhi Raja (SWATMT) 5-4, unfinished

Match Notes:
Swarthmore Men's Tennis 16-6; National ranking #9; Regional ranking #4
Denison 24-2; National ranking #2; Regional ranking #1
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (5,6,1,3,4)