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Wooster won the doubles point and then split its singles matches to defeat Hope 4-3 and advance into the semifinals. Later Friday night, playing indoors against the No. 8-ranked team in the country, Wooster fell 6-1 to Kalamazoo with the Scots' point coming from junior Jake Sintich at No. 2 singles.
On Saturday, the third-place match went to No. 10-ranked DePauw, as the Tigers took the doubles point and claimed four of the singles matches.
For the weekend, Sintich and senior Paul Wiley were the lone doublewinners in singles for Wooster. Sintich also won his Hope match at No. 2 singles 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 and prevailed 6-4, 6-3 over his Kalamazoo opponent, while Wiley won 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 against Hope and 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 against DePauw, both coming at No. 4 singles.
At the top singles flight, freshman Nilesh Saldanha played well despite going 0-3, as he took two of his three opponents to three sets.
Third singles saw senior Rob Ogg go 1-2 with his victory coming against Hope (6-2, 7-6 (7-3)), while classmate Matt Bierlein came up with a 1-2 mark at No. 5 singles after defeating his opponent in the DePauw match 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-3.
The Scots struggled at the bottom of the lineup, where they used two different players, but went 0-3 at No. 6 singles.
In doubles, Ogg and Sintich went 1-2 at No. 1, highlighted by a decisive 9-8 (7-5) win over Hope to give Wooster the match. Bierlein and senior Kirk Lapham compiled a 1-2 mark at second doubles, as they defeated their DePauw opponents 8-2, while sophomore Clint Bailey and Saldanha also went 1-2 at No. 3 with their win being an 8-3 decision over Hope.
The Scots, who now own a 5-7 overall record, return to North Coast Athletic Conference play this week with a pair of divisional match-ups on Wednesday (April 11), when they host Oberlin College at 3:30 p.m., and on Saturday (April 14), when they host Allegheny College at 1 p.m.
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