The doubles team of Alistair Felton and Andy Nguyen won its 21st match of the season Sunday (Harvard Athletic Communications).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Brown came in to the Murr Center Tennis Courts Sunday and defeated the No. 65 Harvard men's tennis team for the first time in five years and seven tries with a 4-3 come-from-behind decision.
Harvard (14-10, 3-3 Ivy League) won the doubles point with wins from the teams of Casey MacMaster and Aba Omodele-Lucien at No. 1 and Alistair Felton and Andy Nguyen at No. 3, to take the early 1-0 lead in the dual. Brown came out and won four singles matches, though, the final coming at No. 4, where the rookie MacMaster fell to Brown's Kendrick Au, 7-5, 7-5.
The Crimson got singles wins from junior Jonathan Pearlman at No. 1, his second straight win at the top, and Joshua Tchan at No. 6, making it back-to-back wins for the sophomore at the bottom of the lineup.
Harvard will wrap up the regular season Wednesday with a match at Dartmouth scheduled for 3 p.m.
Brown 4, No. 65 Harvard 3
| No. |
Singles |
|
Score |
| 1 |
Jonathan Pearlman def. Mike Hill |
|
6-2, 6-4 |
| 2 |
Sam Fife def. Aba Omodele-Lucien |
|
1-6, 6-1, 6-1 |
| 3 |
Brandon Burke def. Alistair Felton |
|
6-4, 6-2 |
| 4 |
Kendrick Au def. Casey MacMaster |
|
7-5, 7-5 |
| 5 |
Tom Deighton def. Andy Nguyen |
|
6-3, 6-3 |
| 6 |
Joshua Tchan def. Charlie Posner |
|
6-2, 6-4 |
| |
Doubles |
|
|
| 1 |
MacMaster/Omodele-Lucien def. Au/Burke |
|
8-6 |
| 2 |
Fife/Posner def. Pearlman/Tchan |
|
8-4 |
| 3 |
Felton/Nguyen def. Hill/Klanke |
|
8-3 |
