LOUISVILLE, KY – No. 8 Harvard men's tennis (6-2, 0-0 Ivy) slipped past Louisville (5-3, 0-0 ACC) this afternoon, 4-3, to close out their weekend and improve to 6-2 on the year. 

How it Happened

To open play, the Crimson narrowly dropped the doubles point by falling in tiebreakers at the No. 1 position.  Ronan Jachuck and Masato Perera picked up the sole doubles victory for the Crimson, powering to a 7-5 win at the No. 2 position over Andre Steinbach and Miguel Avendano (Louisville). 
 
Shortly after falling at the No. 4 singles position and being down 2-0, the Crimson were able to tie the match with wins from Henry von der Schulenburg and Melchior Delloye.  von der Schulenburg picked up the first point for the Crimson by registering the only straight set win with identical 6-4 decisions.  Melchior Delloye then brought the match to two-all following a come from behind win.  After dropping the first set, 3-6, a pair of 6-2 sets gave the sophomore his fourth win of 2023-24. 
 
The Cardinals were able to pull back ahead by taking the No. 6 match and were within a point of clinching with two matches outstanding.  Daniel Milavsky was able to remain undefeated on the season and stalling the Cardinals hopes of victory by downing Andre Steinbach (Louisville) in a three-set battle.  After winning the opening set in tiebreakers, his Cardinal opponent narrowly tied the match in the second.  Ultimately, Milavsky was able to close out the win with a strong 6-3 final set. 
 
Defeating his third ranked opponent of the dual season, Cooper Williams clinched the match by downing No. 34 Etienne Donnet (Louisville).  After falling in tiebreakers in the opening set, the first-year took the next two sets, 6-2, 7-5 to give the Crimson the team win.   

Harvard Highlights

• Picking up the sole doubles win of the day, Ronan Jachuck and Masato Perera register their third win of the year as a duo.
• Henry von der Schulenburg bounced back in singles action this afternoon, downing Natan Rodrigues (Louisville) in straight sets to improve to 5-2 on the season. 
• Daniel Milavsky continues his dominant start to dual action and remained undefeated with his come from behind victory.  The junior is a perfect 7-0 throughout the first seven matches and 11-3 overall in 2023-24.
• Moving to 4-1 in dual play and registering his 10^th overall singles win, Cooper Williams picked up his third ranked victory of the spring by defeating the No. 34 nationally ranked player. 
• Meeting for the first time since 2013, the Crimson moved the all-time series to a tie by notching its second ever win against the Cardinals. 

Results

Doubles

1. No. 50 Natan Rodrigues/Etienne Donnet (Louisville) def. No. 4 Daniel Milavsky/Cooper Williams, 7-6
2. Ronan Jachuck/Masato Perera def. Andre Steinbach/Miguel Avendano (Louisville), 7-5
3. Will Mayew/Matthew Fung (Louisville) def. David Lins/Henry von der Schulenburg, 6-3

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
Singles

1. No. 12 Cooper Williams def. No. 34 Etienne Donnet (Louisville), 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-5
2. Henry von der Schulenburg def. Natan Rodrigues (Louisville), 6-4, 6-4
3. Daniel Milavsky def. Andre Steinbach (Louisville), 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-3
4. No. 61 Will Mayew (Louisville) def. Ronan Jachuck, 6-4, 6-1
5. Melchior Delloye def. Piet Steveker (Louisville), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
6. Kosuke Nakanishi (Louisville) def. Rohan Murali, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

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

Next Up

The Crimson will travel to New York City, NY next weekend to compete in the 2024 ITA Indoor Nationals beginning Friday, February 16.