Janesville, Wis., April 14, 2018– The No. 10-ranked Washington University in St. Louis men's tennis team could not overcome a 3-0 doubles deficit as the Bears suffered a 7-2 loss to No. 3 University of Chicago Saturday in Janesville, Wis.

Chicago improved to 12-3 with the win, while WashU fell to 11-7.  

Match-by-Match Results
Doubles:
1. Kerrigan, Erik/Chua, Nicolas (UCM) def. Jason Haugen/Konrad Kozlowski (WASHUM) 8-7
2. Raclin, Tyler/Yuan, Jeremy (UCM) def. Bernardo Neves/Radha Vishnubhotla (WASHUM) 8-4
3. Bethke, Bobby/Pei, Charlie (UCM) def. Johnny Wu/Benjamin van der Sman (WASHUM) 8-0 

Singles:
1. #12 Kerrigan, Erik (UCM) def. Johnny Wu (WASHUM) 6-4, 3-6, 10-6
2. Chua, Nicolas (UCM) def. Bernardo Neves (WASHUM) 3-6, 6-2, 10-7
3. Benjamin van der Sman (WASHUM) def. Tsai, Luke (UCM) 7-5, 6-4
4. #6 Yuan, Jeremy (UCM) def. Jason Haugen (WASHUM) 7-5, 6-1
5. Daniel Li (WASHUM) def. #27 Rodriguez, Alejandro (UCM) 6-2, 6-7 (8-10), 10-8
6. #43 Pei, Charlie (UCM) def. J.J. Kroot (WASHUM) 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 10-2

Notes:
• The Bears were swept in doubles for the second time this season
• WashU is 6-7 this season against nationally-ranked opponents
• The Maroons also defeated the Bears 5-4 in the ITA Third-Place match on Feb. 24
• Neves had his 16-match singles winning streak snapped
• Van der Sman has won seven-straight singles matches 

Up Next:
WashU hosts No. 30 Texas-Tyler on Friday, April 20, at 4 p.m.