CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 13 Harvard Men's Tennis put on a dominant performance in their first two home matches of the 2023 spring season.  Taking on No. 75 Virginia Tech and Boston University in a double header, the Crimson were perfect on the day, sweeping both opponents.

Down Goes Another Ranked Foe

To open the day, the Crimson swept the No. 75 nationally ranked Virginia Tech Hokies, 4-0, in their first spring match at Beren Tennis Center. 
 
Putting on a show for their home crowd, the Crimson kicked off the day by securing the doubles point off of wins at the No. 2 and 3 positions.  Ronan Jachuck and Steven Sun pulled in their 11^th win of the year, defeating Alberto Orso/Scott Sculley (Virginia Tech), 6-3.  Dominating in tiebreakers, Henry von der Schulenburg and Alan Yim won their doubles battle, 7-6 (1), to clinch the doubles point for Harvard.

Harvard takes the doubles point??
The duos of Jachuck/Sun and von der Schulenburg/Yim lift the Crimson to victory in doubles play.#GoCrimson | #OneCrimson pic.twitter.com/bgQegWfHhn

— Harvard Men's Tennis (@HarvardMTennis) March 24, 2023

Moving into singles, recently nationally ranked No. 112 Ronan Jachuck, defeated his opponent at the No. 4 position in straight sets to put the Crimson up 2-0.  No. 20 von der Schulenburg matched Jachcuk 6-4, 7-5 result shortly after to pull Harvard within one win of clinching the match. 

At the No. 1 position, No. 30 Harris Walker powered back to take the match in three sets.  After dropping the first set, 2-6, Walker dominated the remainder of the match, winning the second set 6-2 and not dropping a game in the final set. 

Win clinched.
Harris Walker wins his match to complete the sweep over No. 75 Virginia Tech!#GoCrimson | #OneCrimson pic.twitter.com/1n51LzBUnw

— Harvard Men's Tennis (@HarvardMTennis) March 24, 2023

Battle of Boston

In their second match of the day, the Crimson moved inside to the Murr Tennis Courts to take on fellow Boston area foe, Boston University (BU).  Harvard completed their second sweep of the day, downing BU, 6-0, to improve to 12-4 on the season. 
 
Despite dropping a match at the No. 1 position in doubles play, the Crimson began the day by grabbing the doubles point off of wins from Valdemar Pape and Walker and David Lins and Alan Yim. 
 
Moving into singles, the Crimson dominated, winning all five of their completed matches in straight sets.  Pape, Yim, Masato Perera, Marc Ktiri, and David Lins all secured singles wins over Terrier opponents.  Perera, Ktiri, and Lins all picked up their first wins of the 2023 spring season. 

Harvard Highlights

• The Crimson were perfect on the day, sweeping both opponents in their doubleheader to improve to 12-4 on the year. 
• Jachuck and Sun continue to dominate as a doubles pairing.  Going 1-1 today, the duo now sits at 11-3. 
• Walker is the first Crimson player to reach double digit singles wins for the spring.  With his match clinching win over No. 49 nationally ranked Ryan Fishback, Walker improved to 10-3. 
• In the most recent ITA singles rankings, Jachuck found himself ranked inside the top-125 for the first time since the fall.  Backing his new spot in the polls, Jachuck defeated his Virginia Tech opponent in straight sets. 
• For the first time in his young collegiate career, Pape played at the No. 2 position for the Crimson.  The first-year won his match in straight set 6-3, 7-6 (5) to improve to 8-4.
• Yim was dominant in his first match at the No. 3 position.  Dropping the least number of games of any Crimson player, Yim downed his opponent 6-2, 6-1. 
• Perera, Ktiri, and Lins were all able to pick up their first wins of the 2023 spring season.  For first-year's Perera and Ktiri, it is their first collegiate wins of the dual season.
• With their pair of wins, the Crimson remain perfect in their all-time series with both squads.  Harvard has won all 12 matchups with Virginia Tech and all 19 with BU. 

Virginia Tech Results

Harvard – 4, Virginia Tech – 0
Doubles

1. Daniel Milavsky/Harris Walker vs. No. 18 Ryan Fishback/Jordan Chrysostom (Virginia Tech), DNF 6-5
2. Ronan Jachuck/Steven Sun def. Alberto Orso/Scott Sculley (Virginia Tech), 6-3
3. Henry von der Schulenburg/Alan Yim def. Matt Harper/Frank Thompson (Virginia Tech), 7-6 (1)

 
Order of finish: 2, 3
Singles

1. No. 30 Harris Walker def. No. 49 Ryan Fishback (Virginia Tech), 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
2. No. 20 Henry von der Schulenburg def. Scott Sculley (Virginia Tech), 6-4, 7-5
3. Daniel Milavsky vs. Manuel Goncalves (Virginia Tech), DNF 6-3, 3-6, 4-2
4. No. 112 Ronan Jachuck def. Jordan Chrysostom (Virginia Tech), 6-4, 7-5
5. Steven Sun vs. Frank Thompson (Virginia Tech), DNF 6-2, 4-6, 0-1
6. Valdemar Pape vs. Alex Ix (Virginia Tech), DNF 6-4, 4-6, 1-0

 
Order of finish: 4, 2, 1

Boston University Results

Harvard – 6, BU – 0
Doubles

1. Dion Loutas/Alejandro Licea (BU) def. Ronan Jachuck/Steven Sun, 6-1
2. Valdemar Pape/Harris Walker def. Cole Knutsen/Jonah Dickson, 6-4
3. David Lins/Alan Yim def. Adrian Pawlowski/Johann Sajonz, 6-2

 
Singles

1. Ronan Jachuck vs. Dion Loutas (BU), DNF 4-6, 4-1
2. Valdemar Pape def. Corey Craig (BU), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
3. Alan Yim def. Alejandro Licea (BU), 6-2, 6-1
4. Masato Perera def. Cole Knutsen (BU), 6-2, 6-2
5. Marc Ktiri def. Jonah Dickson (BU), 6-2, 6-2
6. David Lins def. Ben Letzer, 6-2, 6-4

Next Up

In what will be one of the toughest matchups for the Crimson all year, Harvard will welcome defending National Champion, No. 8 Virginia to Cambridge on Sunday, March 26 at 1:00 p.m.  Free Felipe's burritos will be given out to the first 150 fans in attendance on Sunday.  If unable to make the match in person, Cracked Racquets will be broadcasting the battle.