NEWPORT BEACH, CA – The University of Rochester men's tennis team came away with another 6-3 victory on Tuesday afternoon, defeating Wheaton College of Massachusetts during the teams spring break California trip at the Palisades Tennis Club.
 
UR's win follows a 6-3 defeat of San Diego Christian College from Monday.
 
The 32nd-ranked Yellowjackets move to 8-0 on the season by defeating Wheaton, the teams best start since the 2004-05 season when UR opened the year with eight straight wins.  The Lyons drops to 4-2 on the season.
 
Rochester started out winning two of three doubles matches, all of which were tight affairs.  Sahaj Somani and Peter Huang won 8-5 over Ned Roosevelt and David Hernaez Sanz at #3 to earn the matches first point.  Masaru Fujimaki and Runjia Fang followed suit, winning by an identical score at #1 for Rochester giving the Yellowjackets a 2-0 lead.  Fujimaki and Fang topped Ian Tracy and Javier Esteban de Celis.
 
At #2 doubles, the Lyons' duo of Jorge Aguirre Martinez and Jeremiah Ryser won a back-and-forth match by an 8-7 score over Tanmay Thakkar and Yifan Shen.
 
Fang opened singles play with a 6-3, 6-0 win at #2 over Esteban de Celis, pushing Rochester up 3-1.
 
The next two matches the teams traded points.  Zach Strempel won at #6 6-3, 6-4 over Huang while Shen won 6-3, 6-2 over Ryser at #3, making the score 4-2 UR.
 
Somani then earned the clinching point for the Yellowjackets, posting a straight set win over Aguirre Martinez, winning 6-2, 7-5.  After Hernaez Sanz defeated Thakkar at #4 (6-2, 6-4), Fujimaki closed the match with a win at #1 over Tracy (6-3, 6-4).
 
Rochester takes on the NAIA's Grossmont College on Wednesday afternoon, looking to keep its unbeaten streak going to start the 2018-19 campaign.