DePauw beats Oberlin, Carthage

DePauw Senior Sam Miles won his singles match against Carthage's Erik Johnson. He and senior Ben Kopecky also took town down Johnson and McCoy Becker in doubles 8-4. (courtesy photo)

HILTON HEAD ISLAND -- DePauw improved to 7-3 on the season and opened its spring break trip with a 7-2 win over Carleton. The Knights dropped to 7-4.

The Tigers took a 3-0 lead after doubles with Sam Miles and Ben Kopecky taking an 8-4 win at the top spot over McCoy Becker and Erik Johnson and the DePauw duo of Alex Kaczkowski and Eric Vannatta claiming an 8-6 victory over Mauricio Gonzalez and Andrew Hwang at number two. DePauw's Patrick Ferrell and Harold Martin triumphed over Christian Nagy and Ezra Frankel, 8-4, at third doubles.

Miles and Kopecky were straight-set winners in singles at the first and second flights as was Matt Santen at sixth singles. Kaczkowski dropped the opening set at fourth singles but rallied to win the second-set tiebreaker and then the decisive third set.

DePauw picked up its second win of the break and improved to 8-3 on the season following an 8-1 win over Oberlin. The Yeomen dropped to 8-3.

The Tigers took a 2-1 lead after doubles as Sam Mile and Ben Kopecky defeated Soren Zeliger and Ian Paik at the number-one spot, 8-4, and the third doubles duo of Patrick Farrell and Harold Martin blanked Charlie Marks and Jeremy Lichtmacher, 8-0. Miles and Kopecky improved to 12-2 with their win.

DePauw then swept the six singles matches as Miles topped Callan Louis at number one by a 6-2, 6-0 count and Kopecky defeated Paik 6-3, 6-3 at number two.

Farrell was a 6-3, 7-5 winner at third singles over Marks, while Alec Kaczkowski needed three sets to win his number-four singles match against Zeliger 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-7). Chris Bertolini triumphed over Abraham Davis 6-1, 6-0 and Matt Santen was a 7-5, 6-1 victor over Paul Farah.

DePauw faces Wisconsin-Whitewater and Colby tomorrow.

Carleton College vs DePauw University

Singles competition

1. Sam Miles (DPUM) def. Erik Johnson (CAR) 6-4, 6-2

2. Ben Kopecky (DPUM) def. Christian Nagy (CAR) 6-1, 6-1

3. Mauricio Gonzalez (CAR) def. Patrick Farrell (DPUM) 1-6, 7-6 (7-4), 1-0 (10-5)

4. Alec Kaczkowski (DPUM) def. McCoy Becker (CAR) 4-6, 7-6 (7-1), 1-0 (10-5)

5. Andrew Hwang (CAR) def. Chris Bertolini (DPUM) 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-7)

6. Matt Santen (DPUM) def. Patton McClelland (CAR) 6-0, 6-2

Doubles Competition

1. Sam Miles/Ben Kopecky (DPUM) def. McCoy Becker/Erik Johnson (CAR) 8-4

2. Alec Kaczkowski/Eric Vannatta (DPUM) def. Mauricio Gonzalez/Andrew Hwang (CAR) 8-6

3. Patrick Farrell/Harold Martin (DPUM) def. Christian Nagy/Ezra Frankel (CAR) 8-4