Monday, March 23
Santa Cruz, Ca.
11:00 AM
UC Santa Cruz Athletics
1
vs
6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Banana Slugs Fall 6-1 to No. 30 MIT
3/24/2026 11:20:00 AM | Men's Tennis
SANTA CRUZ, Ca. – The UC Santa Cruz men's team dropped a 6-1 match to the No. 30 MIT Engineers on Monday afternoon. Hari Raghavan earned the lone point for the Slugs in the No. 6 spot while Rocco Melendez and Benjamin Wang earned a convincing 6-2 win in doubles at No. 1. The Banana Slugs will be back in action on March 27th with a match against Carthage College at 5:30pm PT.
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UCSC 1, MIT 6
Doubles:
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UCSC 1, MIT 6
Doubles:
- The Banana Slugs took a 6-2 victory on court one as Benjamin Wang and Rocco Melendez worked together for the dominant victory.
- Caden Wong and Spencer Hidas fell at No. 3 by way of a 6-1 scoreline. UCSC nearly took the doubles point with Peter Liang and Gavin Sontag dropped a closely contested 7-5 match at No. 2.
- At No. 1, Benjamin Wang fell 6-2, 6-2 while Gavin Sontag fell 7-5, 6-1 in the No. 2 spot.
- Rocco Melendez forced a three set match, eventually falling 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in a tight match at No. 3.
- Peter Liang fell 6-4, 6-2 on court four while Caden Wong dropped his match 6-1, 7-5 at No. 5.
- Hari Raghavan earned the lone singles victory for UCSC, finishing 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 to claim a point for the Banana Slugs.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3
#1 Singles Match
123
Adam Sun / 0 [lgvvxj3s4pgsaqw0]
660
220
#2 Singles Match
123
Hunter Liao / 0 [lgvvxj3s4pgsaqw0]
760
510
#3 Singles Match
123
Shrish Choudhary / 0 [lgvvxj3s4pgsaqw0]
627
365
#4 Singles Match
123
Tyler Li / 0 [lgvvxj3s4pgsaqw0]
660
420
#5 Singles Match
123
Grant Gallagher / 0 [lgvvxj3s4pgsaqw0]
670
150
#6 Singles Match
123
Henry Feldman / 0 [lgvvxj3s4pgsaqw0]
640
260
Order of Finish:
2,3,4,5,6
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