CHICAGO – No. 10-ranked and No. 9-seeded Stanford blanked No. 19-ranked and No. 16-seeded Tulane, 4-0, Saturday afternoon at the Midtown Athletic Club to advance at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships.
The Cardinal (6-2) moves on to face Florida on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. PT. The Gators defeated Illinois Saturday night.
Stanford took the doubles point with wins by Axel Geller and Alexandre Rotsaert at No. 1 (6-3) and Sameer Kumar and Timothy Sah (7-5) at No. 2.
The Cardinal continued its momentum in singles play, with victories by Geller at No. 1 and Sangeet Sridhar at No. 5. As he did against USC last week, senior Sameer Kumar followed with the clincher at No. 4. He defeated Dane Esses, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 to seal the Cardinal win.
No. 10 Stanford 4, No. 13 Tulane 0
DOUBLES
1. Axel Geller/Alex Rotsaert (STAN) d. Akos Kotorman/Ewan Moore (TLN) 6-3
2. Sameer Kumar/Timothy Sah (STAN) d. Tyler Schick/Luis Erlenbusch (TLN) 7-5
3. William Genesen/Jack Barber (STAN) led Hamish Stewart/Tim Ruetzel (TLN) 5-4, unfinished
Order of Finish: 1,2
SINGLES
1. No. 10 Axel Geller (STAN) d. No. 42 Luis Erlenbusch (TLN) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
2. No. 61 Alex Rotsaert (STAN) led No. 63 Ewan Moore (TLN) 6-4, 3-6, 4-3, unfinished
3. No. 33 William Genesen (STAN) led Hamish Stewart (TLN) 6-3, 2-6, 2-2, unfinished
4. No. 43 Sameer Kumar (STAN) d. Dane Esses (TLN) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
5. Sangeet Sridhar (STAN) d. No. 76 Tyler Schick (TLN) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
6. Timothy Sah (STAN) vs. Felix Ewers (TLN) 5-7, 6-1, 1-1, unfinished
Order of Finish: 1,5,4
