No. 1 Denison Tops No. 8 Swarthmore, Defeats Centre for Saturday Sweep

Jace Delgado

Men's Tennis | 2/28/2026 10:28:00 PM

Box Score 1 Granville, Ohio - The Big Red only lost a total of two matches in their dominant double header sweep of No. 8 Swarthmore and Centre. The Garnet came back to Granville just after losing to the Big Red in the NCAA Tournament Third Round last season, and the Big Red picked up a key top-10 win. Denison carried the momentum into the second matchup against Centre, where they blanked the Colonels 7-0 for the sweep. Denison improves to 7-2 on the season, while Swarthmore and Centredrop to 2-3.

#1 Denison 5, #8 Swarthmore 2

Doubles: Denison rolled in their doubles matchups, sweeping the Garnet 3-0 to take the 1-0 advantage. Andreas Chapides and Nick Meyers kicked things off with a win in the No. 2 flight with a 6-4 win, and just a minute later Ethan Green and Kael Shah battled in the No. 1 spot for another 6-4 win. Jacob Patterson and Wesley Huang capped off the sweep with yet another 6-4 victory heading into singles play.

1. Ethan Green/Kael Shah (DENM) def. P. Koduri/ M. Melnikov (SWATM) 6-4

2. Andreas Chapides/Nick Meyers (DENM) def. A. Fente/ K. Chen (SWATM) 6-4

3. Jacob Patterson/ Wesley Huang (DENM) def. M. Linstrom/ W./ Zhang (SWATM) 6-4

Singles: Swarthmore knotted the top-10 matchup up 1-1 after Michael Melnikov defeated Green in the No. 1 flight 6-4, 6-4. Denison then rattled off four-straight wins en route to their home victory. Meyers shortly after picked up a convincing win in the No. 5 flight 6-2, 6-2, then Shah defeated Max Lindstrom in three-sets to take a match-sealing 4-1 lead. Patterson capped off the win with a three-set thriller to take home a 5-2 victory.

1. Michael Melnikov (SWATM) def. Ethan Green (DENM) 6-4, 6-4

2. Kael Shah (DENM) def. Max Lindstrom (SWATM) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4

3. Jacob Patterson (DENM) def. Nikola Galov (SWATM) 1-6, 7-6, 6-4

4. Andreas Chapides (DENM) def. Rishi Verma (SWATM) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2

5. Nick Meyers (DENM) def. Seth Sadikov (SWATM) 6-2, 6-2

6. Andres Fente (SWATM) def. Anthony Payiavlas 3-6, 7-6, 1-0 (10-8)

Match Notes:

No. 1 Denison Big Red, 6-2

No. 8 Swarthmore Garnet, 2-3

Order of Doubles: 2, 1, 3

Order of Singles: 1, 5, 2, 4, 6, 3

#1 Denison 7, Centre 0

Doubles: The Big Red were flawless in doubles once again, downing the Colonels in all three matches. Chapides and Meyers slid up to the No. 1 flight, where they picked up a tight 7-6 win. Huang and Patterson followed suit with a comfortable 6-1 bout, and Tom Suedmeyer and Green finished the sweep with a 6-1 victory to give Denison the early lead.

Andreas Chapides/Nick Meyers (DENM) def. Jack Gessner/Ben Rueff (CENM) 7-6

Jacob Patterson/Wesley Huang (DENM) def. Ty Bush/Tejas Ahuja (CENM) 6-1

Tom Suedmeyer/Ethan Green (DENM) def. Anderson Gosnell/Isaac Flanery (CENM) 6-1

Singles: The Big Red breezed their way through singles, sweeping through flights No. 1 to No. 6. Mason Conlin kicked things off with a win in the No. 6 flight, 6-3, 6-2, while Shah followed up with a win in the No. 1 flight, 6-2, 6-1. Arya Ganapathy Kallambella cruised past his opponent, 6-1, 6-3, and Aidan Borosko won his match in a tight 6-3, 7-5 victory. Huang and Nickawn Namdar controlled their matches to give Denison a clean 7-0 sweep and a two-game weekend sweep in Granville.

Kael Shah (DENM) def. Ty Bush (CENM) 6-2, 6-1

Nickawn Namdar (DENM) def. Ben Rueff (CENM) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2

Aidan Borosko (DENM) def. Issac Flanery (CENM) 6-3, 7-5

Arya Ganapathy Kallambella (DENM) def. Tejas Ahuja (CENM) 6-1, 6-3

Wesley Huang (DENM) def. Jack Gessner (CENM) 6-3, 6-3

Mason Conlin (DENM) def. Anderson Gosnell (CENM) 6-3, 6-2

Match Notes:

No. 1 Denison Big Red, 7-2

Centre College Colonels, 2-3

Order of Doubles: 2, 3, 1

Order of Singles: 6, 1, 4, 3, 5, 2

Up Next for the Big Red

Denison will gear up for their spring break in a couple of weeks in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina where they will be taking on No. 24 Wesleyan, Oneonta, No. 13 Amherst, and No. 35 North Carolina Wesleyan the week of March 15.

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