Case Western Reserve University wins first-ever NCAA Division III men's tennis title

After so many years of coming oh so close, Case Western Reserve University has finally achieved the ultimate goal.

The Spartans' men's tennis team defeated Tufts 5-2 on Tuesday to win the NCAA Division III national championship. The squad had finished as the runner-up at the previous two tournaments, but now secures CWRU's first collegiate title in any team sport.

Entering with the No. 1 ranking in the entire bracket, Case (33-4) marched its way through the field before getting all they could handle from Middlebury in Monday's semifinals, needing a tiebreaker win from Vishwa Aduru in the decisive ninth match just to secure a victory. Tonight's finals in Florida went much smoother, as the Spartans swept all three doubles matches to take an early 3-0 advantage.

Ranked second in the nation, Tufts (24-2) fought back with wins by Derin Acaroglu and Andrej Djokic in singles, but Ajay Mahenthiran put Case Western on the brink of a championship with a resounding 6-1, 6-2 triumph in his match. Seizing match point on Court 1, James Hopper obtained a 6-4, 6-4 conquest when Rishabh Shadra's backhand found the net, and the Spartans were at long last able to celebrate atop the D-III mountain.

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Case Western Reserve will be celebrating this historic moment in their school’s athletics program with a PRIVATE championship parade….but sad to announce their championship celebration parade will not be open to the general public due to Case Western Reserve being a private university smh