WHITTIER, Calif. -- The Caltech men's tennis squad dropped a 8-1 decision to No. 27 Whittier in a SCIAC match-up at the Ettinger Tennis Courts.

The Caltech doubles squad fought hard but couldn't pull out a victory as the Poets went into singles play up 3-0

The Beavers proved to be a hand full for the Poets as Julian Seneviratne got pushed at the top spot but was able to pull out the win 6-3, 6-4 over Devashish Joshi.

Alex Runkel continued his strong play of late for the Beavers. The sophomore posted a 6-4 win in the first set then cruised to a 6-0 second set tally at the No. 4 position.

On Saturday morning Caltech continues to play nationally ranked opponents as they host No. 8 Pomona-Pitzer at 10 a.m.

SINGLES

1. Julian Seneviratne (WC) def. Devashish Joshi (CT) 6-3, 6-4
2. Patricio Carregha (WC) def. Luka Mernik (CT) 6-2, 6-2
3. Chris Schommer (WC) def. Wesley Yu (CT) 6-0, 6-1
4. Alex Runkel (CT) def. Samuel Granberry (WC) 6-2, 6-1
5. Ted Wyatt (WC) def. Anuj Arora (CT) 6-4, 6-0
6. David De Leon (WC) def. Karthik Narsimhan (CT) 6-1, 6-0


DOUBLES

1. Patricio Carregha/Julian Seneviratne (WC) def. Devashish Joshi/Luka Mernik (CT) 8-3
2. Chris Schommer/Jonathan Pollare (WC) def. Anish Agarwal/Alex Runkel (CT) 8-6
3. Ted Wyatt/Taylor Dimler (WC) def. Wesley Yu/Karthik Narsimhan (CT) 8-5

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (3,4,5,6,1,2)