Carmel Men’s Tennis Opens Season With 3-2 Varsity Win at Hamilton Southeastern Carmel Men’s Tennis opened the 2026 season with a strong 3-2 varsity victory over Hamilton Southeastern on Tuesday, August 18, at Hamilton Southeastern. In singles, Carmel earned two important victories. Nakul Nagesh (2S) defeated Parker Stump in a tight straight-set battle, 7-6(5), 7-6(7). Miles Davidson (3S) also picked up a dominant 6-1, 6-1 victory over Dilan Gavin. At 1S, David Liu battled HSE’s Abhi Manikandan but fell 3-6, 2-6. Carmel split the two doubles matches. Jude Sangar and Andrew Hall (1D) came through with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Brady Stump and Logan Foust. At 2D, Rajeev Singh and Elon Yuckman fought hard, winning the first set 6-4 before falling 3-6, 3-6 to Evan Holderman and Hudson Osswald. The three victories gave Carmel the 3-2 varsity team win in its season opener. Junior Varsity The Carmel JV squad had an outstanding opening day, going 15-0 across its recorded matches against Hamilton Southeastern. In singles, Carmel swept all three positions. Matthew Kim (1S) won 4-0, 4-3(7-1), while Jonathan Zhu (2S) earned a 4-2, 4-0 victory. Josiah Huang (3S) completed the singles sweep with a 4-0, 4-1 win. Carmel continued its dominance in doubles. Micah Shapiro and Dhruuv Jay (1D) won 4-1, 4-2, followed by Amar Shiva and Arnav Sharma (2D) with a 4-1, 4-1 victory. Andrew Rodgers and Evan Glushik (3D) won 4-0, 4-1, while Ravi Patel and Luke Tanis (4D) posted a 4-2, 4-0 win. The winning streak continued with Viraj Gadeela and Alex Crook (5D) winning 4-0, 4-0, and Brady Bales and Dhanvanth Lakshman (6D) winning 4-0, 4-1. Shreeram Pathangi and Alan Lu (7D) added a 4-0, 4-2 victory. One of the closest JV matches came at 8D, where Justin Li and Ronit Mengale split sets with HSE before winning the match tiebreak, 4-2, 0-4, 10-2. Luke Zhang and Nicholas Jen (9D) also came through in a close match, winning 4-3(9-7), 4-1. Carmel closed out the recorded JV results with Aaron Gao and Dhruv Kuber (10D) winning 4-0, 4-0; Pengrui Yang and Grayson Miller (11D) winning 4-0, 4-2; Aditya Bhatia and William Geng (12D) winning 4-0, 4-1; and Devin Shah and Warner Shea (13D) also earning a 4-0, 4-2 victory. Overall, it was an impressive opening day for the Greyhounds, with the varsity team earning a 3-2 victory and the JV squad recording 15 wins in its recorded matches. Carmel showed strong depth throughout the lineup, particularly in doubles, and got the 2026 season started on a positive