Men's Tennis | 5/9/2026 4:55:00 PM

SWARTHMORE, Pa. (pacathletics.org) - The Allegheny College men's tennis team played its final match of the year on Saturday morning, a 4-0 loss to No. 8-ranked Swarthmore College in the second round of the 2026 NCAA Division III Championships.

The Garnet (21-6), host of the regional tournament in the Philadelphia suburb of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, halted Allegheny's (18-8) season in the second round of the national championship tournament for a third year in a row. 

The Gators faced a Swarthmore team not only No. 8 nationally, but was the top team in the Atlantic South Region. Furthermore, half of the singles lineup was ranked, including Michael Melnikov, who was listed as the second-best player in all of Division III in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) national rankings.

However, freshman Adam Memije (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) played an extremely close first set with Melnikov. Memije won the first two games against the four-time Centennial Conference Player of the Year and led 5-4 with a chance to seal a first-set win. Alas, Melnikov battled back to take the last three games and secure the set. Likewise, sophomore Levente Mihaly (Békéscsaba, Hungary/Békéscsabai SZC Széchenyi István) pushed Max Lindstrom, the 36th-best singles player in the country, in a well-contested 6-4 opening set.

With a final record of 18-8 this season, the Gators have now won 16+ matches in four consecutive seasons.

Contributed by Allegheny Athletic Communications//Photo courtesy of Matt Mizanin-Swarthmore Athletics