HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C.—The Carleton College men's tennis team got off to a strong start in doubles and rolled to an 8-1 victory over Allegheny College. The Knights second match of the day, an afternoon contest against Union College (N.Y.) was rained out. Carleton is now 3-0 on its spring break trip and 9-1 on the season.
 
The Knights swept the three doubles contests for the first time on this year's visit to South Carolina.
 
Tarm Rojanasoonthon (Fy./Bangkok, Thailand/Chulalongkorn) and Tate Fuller (Fy./Seattle, Wash./Lakeside) notched their first victory at No. 1 doubles, prevailing 8-5. Aswath Viswanathan (Jr./Lincolnshire, Ill./Adlai E. Stevenson) and William Walsh (Sr./San Antonio, Texas/Alamo Heights) moved up to the second slot and registered an 8-4 win, while Noah Mueller (Jr./Dubai, UAE/German International School Dubai) and Aniketh Vipparla (So./Cary, N.C./Green Hope) paired up for the first time in their collegiate careers and won 8-6.
 
Carleton won five singles matches, four of them in straight sets.
 
Fuller shutout his foe at No. 2 singles, while Viswantahan added a 6-2, 6-2 victory in his first time at the No. 3 slot for the Knights. Bence Kisgeczi (Sr./Budapest, Hungary/Szent István) added a 6-2, 6-3 triumph at No. 4 singles, and Will Stepanski (Jr./Villa Park, Calif./Villa Park) improved his collegiate dual match singles mark to 15-1 with a 6-2, 6-3 victory.
 
Xander Roti (Sr./Locust Valley, N.Y./Friends Academy) moved to 9-0 in singles during 2022 as he dug deep to pull out the 6-4, 1-6, 10-7 win at No. 1 singles.
 
"We had a tremendous battle at No. 1 singles today," said Carleton head coach Stephan Zweifel. "A lot of websites use cookies to improve performance, so does Xander."
 
Up Next for the Knights
Carleton wraps up its time in the Palmetto State with a 9:00 a.m. ET/8:00 a.m. CT match against No. 30 Wisconsin-Whitewater.
 
Carleton College 8, Allegheny College 1
Singles competition
1. Xander Roti (CAR) def. Anton Hedlund (ALLM) 6-4, 1-6, 10-7
2. Tate Fuller (CAR) def. Adam Shinomiya (ALLM) 6-0, 6-0
3. Aswath Viswanathan (CAR) def. Will Jarvie (ALLM) 6-2, 6-2
4. Bence Kisgeczi (CAR) def. Fabrizzio Reategui (ALLM) 6-2, 6-3
5. Julien Voisey (ALLM) def. Noah Mueller (CAR) 2-6, 6-1, 15-13
6. Will Stepanski (CAR) def. David Salazar II (ALLM) 6-2, 6-3
 
Doubles competition
1. Tarm Rojanasoonthon/Tate Fuller (CAR) def. Anton Hedlund/Wonjoon Cho (ALLM) 8-5
2. Aswath Viswanathan/William Walsh (CAR) def. Adam Shinomiya/Fabrizzio Reategui (ALLM) 8-4
3. Noah Mueller/Aniketh Vipparla (CAR) def. Benny Gantrish/Julien Voisey (ALLM) 8-6