No. 8 Men’s Tennis Takes Down No. 9 Carnegie Mellon to Advance to NCAA Quarterfinals

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The No. 8 Swarthmore College men’s tennis team advanced to the national quarterfinals for the first time since 2006 with a thrilling 4-1 victory over No. 9 Carnegie Mellon University in the Round of 16 on Sunday afternoon at Faulkner Courts. The Garnet claimed the doubles point and Max Lindstrom earned a win at second singles to put Swarthmore up 2-0. The Tartans got a point back but Rishi Verma and Nikola Galov grabbed back-to-back victories to send the Garnet to the final eight. HOW IT HAPPENED – Lindstrom and Winston Zhang won their first three games…