CLEVELAND, Ohio — The 16th-ranked Haverford College men's tennis team (16-6) saw its NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Championship run come to an end on Saturday, falling 4-0 to No. 13 Kenyon (19-5) at the Carlton Courts on the campus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Kenyon secured the doubles point with victories at the top two spots. The Owls' top duo of Paulo Pocasangre Kreling and Alejandro Gonzalez cruised past Haverford's James McKenzie and Justin Minerva, 6-1. At the second doubles flight, Josh Finkle and Eric Zhang delivered another 6-1 decision against Marko Arboleda and Owen Kilmer. The third doubles match was left unfinished with Kenyon's Rishil Kondapaneni and Gianluca Bocanegra leading Haverford's Teo Bortan and Zach Miano, 4-2.
In singles play, Kenyon maintained its momentum, capturing three straight-set victories to clinch the match. Pocasangre Kreling, ranked No. 16 nationally in the latest ITA rankings, overpowered Arboleda at No. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-2. Gonzalez, ranked No. 49, followed suit with a 6-4, 6-2 win over McKenzie at the No. 2 position. Kenyon sealed the match with a tidy 6-2, 6-2 performance from Rakkan Audeh against Chait Krishna at No. 6 singles.
The remaining singles matches were unfinished, but Haverford's Owen Kilmer was battling at No. 3, trailing Kondapaneni 7-5, 5-1. Niki Lavu pushed Juozas Cioladis to a first-set tiebreak at No. 4 before trailing 7-6 (7-4), 1-0. At No. 5 singles, Minerva was locked in a close contest with Zhang, down 6-4, 3-3 when play was halted.
Men's Tennis concluded its historic 2025 season with a 16-6 record, cementing a No. 16 national ranking and a No. 4 spot in the Atlantic South regional rankings. The Fords matched the program record for wins, returned to the NCAA tournament for the first time in nearly 30 years, notched their first-ever NCAA tournament victory, and advanced to the Centennial Conference final for the first time in over a decade. With consistent performances throughout the season, Haverford remained a fixture in the national rankings, marking one of the most successful campaigns in program history.