Senior captain Aba Omodele-Lucien picked up one of Harvard's five singles victories Friday (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
SAN DIEGO – A day after getting swept in the top five singles matches, the Harvard men's tennis team pulled the same feat, picking up wins at No. 1 through No. 5, as well as the doubles point, to defeat Alabama-Birmingham, 6-1, Friday in the consolation bracket of the Hilton Mission Valley Spring Classic.
After picking up the doubles point for the third straight match with wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 slot, the Crimson's (8-7) momentum continued into singles with Jonathan Pearlman winning at No. 1, Alistair Felton winning at No. 2, Aba Omodele-Lucien taking the victory at No. 3, Andy Nguyen topping his opponent at No. 4 and Casey MacMaster wrapping things up at the No. 5 slot.
Chris Helliar earned the Blazers' (3-7) lone win in singles with a two-set victory over Joshua Tchan at No. 6, who was Harvard's lone singles victor Thursday.
The Crimson will take on the winner of the Denver-Princeton matchup in the consolation championship Saturday.
Harvard 6, UAB 1
| No. |
Singles |
Score |
| 1 |
Jonathan Pearlman def. David Zimmerman |
6-4, 6-0 |
| 2 |
Alistair Felton def. Lucas Dirube |
7-6(3), 7-6(5) |
| 3 |
Aba Omodele-Lucien def. Danny Manlow |
6-1, 7-5 |
| 4 |
Andy Nguyen def. Tom Puetz |
4-6, 6-3, 7-6(3) |
| 5 |
Casey MacMaster def. Daniel Moser |
6-5, 6-1 |
| 6 |
Chris Helliar def. Joshua Tchan |
6-1, 6-3 |
| |
Doubles |
|
| 1 |
Puetz/Zimmerman def. MacMaster/Omodele-Lucien |
9-7 |
| 2 |
Pearlman/Tchan def. Helliar/Manlow |
8-6 |
| 3 |
Felton/Nguyen def. Dirube/Moser |
8-2 |
