Sophomore secures singles title Sunday at Boiler Invitational

Sophomore Troy Havens and senior Derek Miller both won their singles flights in the second and final day of the Boilermaker Invitational Sunday.

Havens defeated Ryan Maarschalk of Western Michigan 6-2, 7-5 in the second round, then rallied from a set down in the title match to knock off the Broncos’ Ravishankar Pathanjali 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Miller defeated Western Michigan’s Erik Lindroos in the second round, 7-6, 6-2. In the championship match, he beat junior teammate Carl McCafferty 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. McCafferty made it to the title match with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over the Broncos’ Michael Findling.

Elsewhere, Dan Swan and Scott Mayer lost 8-3 to top-seeded and second-ranked Scott Lipsky and David Martin of Stanford in the second round of the ITA All-American Championships in Stone Mountain, Ga., on Saturday.

Swan and Mayer, the 28th-ranked pair in the nation, advanced to the main draw after receiving a bye, winning a match by withdrawal and defeating a team from Georgia Tech in the qualifying round.

In their first-round match on Friday, Swan and Mayer upset the nation’s 12th-ranked doubles team of Florida’s Olivier Levant and Eleazar Magallan, 8-4.

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