CHATTANOOGA (March 25, 2026) – The Chattanooga Mocs men's tennis team concluded its non-conference portion of the schedule with a quality 6-1 victory over Kalamazoo College on a sunny Wednesday afternoon at the UTC Tennis Center on campus.

Records
Chattanooga 9-8
Kalamazoo 6-3
 
Match Notes

• Chattanooga improves to 9-8 overall after the victory… DIII member Kalamazoo moves to 6-3… fourth-straight win for UTC… final non-conference match of the season.
• Chattanooga is now 4-1 all-time against Kalamazoo… first matchup against the Hornets since 1979… UTC and KC battled in four-straight seasons back during the 1976-79 campaigns.

Match Recap
In doubles, Jaxon Lamb and Carter Ramthun delivered a strong performance at No. 3 and opened play with a 6-1 victory to set an early tone. Julian Franzmann and Kristof Kincses followed with a 6-2 win at No. 2 to clinch the team point before Kalamazoo's Cameron Crosby and Alex Fleming erased a large deficit to defeat Cortland Grove and Jakub Jupa (7-5) on court No. 1.
 
In singles, UTC extended the lead with an early TJ Ryerson 6-2, 6-1 win over Sebastian Courtright at No. 5. Jupa added another point for Chattanooga with a 6-4, 6-2 victory against Crosby at No. 1 before Franzmann clinched the match by defeating Fleming 6-1, 6-0 on court No. 2.
 
Lamb continued the success with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Haresh Anand at No. 6 to make it 5-0 in favor of UTC. Kincses overcame Will Seymour in a three-set battle (2-6, 6-3, 10-6) at No. 4 before Kalamazoo picked up its lone singles point at No. 3 following a Derek Blackwell 4-6, 6-3, 11-9 comeback win over Grove.

Match Results
Chattanooga 6, Kalamazoo 1
(UTC Tennis Center – Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Doubles 
1. Cameron Crosby/Alex Fleming (KC) def. Jakub Jupa/Cortland Grove (UTC) – 7-5
2. Julian Franzmann/Kristof Kincses (UTC) def. Sebastian Courtright/Will Seymour (KC) – 6-2
3. Jaxon Lamb/Carter Ramthun (UTC) def. Derek Blackwell/Tristan Bonanni (KC) – 6-1
 
Singles 
1. Jakub Jupa (UTC) def. Cameron Crosby (KC) – 6-4, 6-2
2. Julian Franzmann (UTC) def. Alex Fleming (KC) – 6-1, 6-0
3. Derek Blackwell (KC) def. Cortland Grove (UTC) – 4-6, 6-3, 11-9
4. Kristof Kincses (UTC) def. Will Seymour (KC) – 2-6, 6-3, 10-6
5. TJ Ryerson (UTC) def. Sebastian Courtright (KC) – 6-2, 6-1
6. Jaxon Lamb (UTC) def. Haresh Anand (KC) – 6-2, 6-2
 
Match Info
Order of finish: Singles (5, 1, 2, 6, 4, 3) – Doubles (3, 2, 1)
Duration: 2:33
Attendance: 42

Up Next
Chattanooga gets set for SoCon action by hosting Samford on Friday (March 27) at 2 p.m. (ET) before traveling to Mercer on Sunday (March 29) for an 11 a.m. (ET) start. All match links, when available, are located on the schedule page at GoMocs.com.

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