From Case Western Reserve University Athletics
The Case Western Reserve University Spartans made it a clean sweep on 'Senior Day' with a 9-0 win over the College of Wooster in their second match of the day at the Cleveland Skating Club on Sunday.
The win was the fourth-straight for the Spartans, and their second of the day, following the team's 7-2 win over 30th-ranked New York University earlier on Sunday. Case Western Reserve improved to 11-3 overall, while Wooster dropped to 3-12 on the season.
The match also marked the final scheduled home contest in the career of each of the Spartans' five seniors – Michelle Djohan, Surya Khadilkar, Kaitlin Mills, Taylor Sweeney, and Sara Zargham. Together, the five have helped lead the Spartans to a 47-29 record during their four seasons with the team, while pacing the squad to a national ranking as high as 19th this season.
Behind strong performances from each of the seniors, the Spartans swept all three doubles matches for the third-consecutive match and the seventh time overall this season. Zargham and junior Jennifer Lowe opened doubles play with an 8-0 win over Katie Kuzmishin and Morgan Wagers at second doubles. Djohan and Sweeney followed with an 8-0 win over Rachel Mole and Elizabeth Brewington at first doubles, and Khadilkar and Mills completed the sweep with an 8-1 win over Dora Mase and Anne-Sophie Haanen at third doubles.
The Spartans continued to roll during singles play, with wins in each of the six matches. Freshman Jessica Liu claimed a 7-6 (4), 6-3 win over Mole in the first match, while sophomore Nina Cepeda defeated Wagers 6-3, 6-1 at second singles. In the third match, sophomore Peyton Young bested Kuzmishin 6-1, 6-1, and Lowe added a fourth singles win over Brewington, 6-2, 6-1. Rounding out the win, junior Kennedy Mulholland bested Haanen 6-1, 6-0 at fifth singles, and Mills picked up a 6-0, 6-0 win over Aditi Sringeri at sixth singles.
The 9-0 win was the second shutout win in their last three matches, and their third overall this season.