From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics

The Carnegie Mellon University men's tennis team had two singles players and one doubles team advance to the finals of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Southeast Regional on Monday, October 2 after semifinal action at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The all-Tartan singles final has been moved to Tuesday, October 3 and will be played at Carnegie Mellon at 5 p.m.

Junior Daniel Levine (Highland Park, Ill. / Boca Prep International School) and frehman Ray Boppana(Boxborough, Mass. / Acton Boxborough Regional) will face off in the singles final after winning their respective semifinal matches on Monday. Levine defeated fifth seed David Reed of Christopher Newport University, 7-6 (7-1), 6-4, while Boppana topped third-seeded Mark Fallati of Swarthmore College, 6-2, 6-2.

In doubles action, Levine paired with fellow junior Chaz Downing (Newport Beach, Calif. / Corona Del Mar) to defeat teammates Tommy Cheng (Cupertino, Calif. / Cupertino) and Kailas Shekar (Saratoga, Calif. / Saratoga), 9-7. Cheng, a senior, and Shekar, a freshman, moved through the bracket as an unseeded team and opened the semifinal match 2-0 before Levine and Downing won three straight points to take a 3-2 lead. From there it was tied at 5-all before Levine and Downing took back the lead and held it until the end.

The doubles final was played after the singles semifinal matches and Levine and Downing faced a rested pair from Mary Washington in junior Derek Hagino and junior Patrick Hughes. Mary Washington won the first set 6-4 before winning four straight points in the second set to close the match with a 6-3 win.