NEW HAVEN, CT – No. 15 Harvard Men's Tennis (14-5, 2-0 Ivy) improved to 2-0 in Ivy League play as they downed No. 72 Yale (10-6, 0-1 Ivy), 5-2.  Ronan Jachuck ultimately clinched the win with a straight set victory at the No. 5 position to give the Crimson their seventh ranked win of the 2023 spring season. 
 
To begin the match, the Crimson held strong to secure the doubles point and go up 1-0 early.  Daniel Milavsky and Harris Walker continued their doubles domination by downing Gogineni/Lefevre (Yale) with relative ease, 6-1. 
 
After dropping the match at the No. 2 position, David Lins and Alan Yim came up big for the Crimson.  Winning, 6-4, at the No. 3 position, the duo of Lins and Yim clinched the doubles point for Harvard. 
 
The Crimson then went to work in singles play, beginning with a commanding win from Milavsky at the No. 3 position.  The sophomore cruised past his opponent in straight sets while only dropping two games. 
 
After falling at the No. 1 position, the Crimson picked up back-to-back victories at the No. 4 and 6 positions to put Harvard up 4-1 and clinch the victory.  Valdemar Pape and Ronan Jachuck both dropped their opponents in straight sets winning 6-4, 6-4 and 6-1, 6-4, respectively. 
 
The Bulldogs and the Crimson traded wins at the No. 2 and 5 positions to settle the match at 5-2 in Harvard's favor.  Henry von der Schulenburg picked up the final win for the Crimson by trading sets with Vignesh Gogineni (Yale) and then winning a 10-8 tiebreaker decision.

Harvard Highlights

• Recently nationally ranked duo, No. 86 Milavsky and Walker, continued their winning ways today with a commanding 6-1 victory at the No. 1 position. 
• Lins and Yim clinched the doubles point today with their 6-4 victory and remain perfect on the season, improving to 5-0 as a duo. 
• Milavsky improved to 9-6 for the spring with his strong win at the No. 3 position.  Milavsky's 6-1, 6-1 victory was the least number of games dropped by any Crimson player on the day. 
• With his win, Jachuck evened his spring record, improving to 6-6 and reaching 15 total wins for the 2022-23 season. 
• Pape has had a strong first-year campaign with the Crimson as he sits tied with the second most singles wins on the team with nine. 
• Each of the Crimson first three singles wins today came in straight sets. 
• With their win today, the Crimson picked up their 75^th all-time victory over the Bulldogs, improving their record in the series to 75-26.  Harvard has now won the last 23 matchups between the two squads. 

Results

Doubles

1. No. 86 Daniel Milavsky/Harris Walker def. Vignesh Gogineni/Renaud Lefevre (Yale), 6-1
2. Theo Dean/Aidan Reilly (Yale) def. Ronan Jachuck/Henry von der Schulenburg, 6-2
3. David Lins/Alan Yim def. Eric Li/Michael Sun (Yale), 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
 
Singles

1. Theo Dean (Yale) def. No. 31 Harris Walker, 6-2, 6-3
2. No. 29 Henry von der Schulenburg def. Vignesh Gogineni (Yale), 6-4, 4-6, 10-8
3. Daniel Milavsky def. Michael Sun (Yale), 6-1, 6-1
4. Ronan Jachuck def. Aidan Reilly (Yale), 6-1, 6-4
5. Luke Neal (Yale) def. Alan Yim, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
6. Valdemar Pape def. Walker Oberg (Yale), 6-4, 6-4

Order of finish: 3, 1, 6, 4, 5, 2

Next Up

The Crimson will look to extend their winning streak to three as they return home to welcome the Brown Bears to Beren Tennis Center on Sunday, April 9 at 1:00 p.m.