Box Score Chicago, Ill.- The DePauw men's tennis team fell to the No.1 University of Chicago 8-1 in its first set of matches of the spring season. The Tigers drop to 0-2 overall while the Maroons improve to 5-0.
 
UChicago jumped to an early 3-0 lead after sweeping doubles play. Andrei Leonov and Derek Hsieh defeated Thomas Partridge and Ryan McCook 8-4 on court one. The Maroons' Pat Otero and Arjun Asokumar beat Hudson Mosher and Cole Metzger 8-6 on court two, and on court three, Biren Reddy and Jack Wong of UChicago defeated Finley Buelte and Jake Watson 8-5.
 
In singles matches on court four, UChicago's Leonov beat Mosher 6-1, 6-0, while the Maroons' Jacob Lowen defeated Jacob Louiselle 6-2, 6-1 on court six. Hsieh of UChicago beat McCook 6-2, 6-1 on court two, and on court one, Asokumar beat Partridge 6-1, 6-1.
 
The Maroons' Otero and Metzger battled on court five, with Otero winning 7-5, 2-6, 10-8. The Tigers' lone victory was on court three, Buelte defeated Emil Grantcharov 6-4, 6-1.
 
The Tigers' next match is set for Monday, February 20, in Greencastle, where they will host the Indiana Wesleyan University Wildcats at 4:30 pm EST.