NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. – The No. 9 seeded Harvard men's tennis team was defeated by the Tennessee Volunteers, 4-0, Sunday morning. The Crimson went 1-2 at ITA Indoors with a first-round win over No. 8 Columbia and losses to No. 1 Ohio State and No. 5 Tennessee.
How it Happened
In a tight doubles battle in which the Crimson picked up a win at the No. 3 spot, the Crimson eventually went down 1-0 to the Vols.
Henry von der Schulenburg and
David Lins won the hard-fought No. 3 matchup, 6-4. No. 1
Daniel Milavsky and
Cooper Williams put up a fight at No. 1, coming back from 5-1 to make it 5-4, but the duo ultimately could not overcome the deficit.
Moving into singles play, the Crimson first fell at the No. 2 and No. 5 spots, resulting in a 3-0 Tennessee lead. Harvard put up a battle, but the Vols saw a tight win at the No. 6 position to seal the 4-0 victory for Tennessee.
Results
Harvard – 4
, Tennessee – 0
Doubles
- #9 Johannus Monday/Angel Diaz (TENN) def. #4 Cooper Williams/Daniel Milavsky, 6-4
- #28 Shunsuke Mitsui/ Filip Pieczonka(TENN) def. Ronan Jachuck/Masato Perera, 6-3
- David Lins/Henry von der Schulenburg def. Filip Apltauer/Younes Lalami (TENN), 6-4
Order of finish: 2,3,1
Singles
- #12 Cooper Williams vs. #9 Johannus Monday (TENN), 6-7 (2), 4-5 DNF
- #16 Shunsuke Mitsui (TENN) def. Henry von der Schulenburg, 6-1, 6-2
- Daniel Milavsky vs #66 Filip Pieczonka (TENN), 0-6, 7-5, 2-0 DNF
- Ronan Jachuck vs. Filip Apltauer (TENN), 6-7 (4), 5-2 DNF
- Christopher Li (TENN) def. Melchior Delloye, 6-4, 6-1
- Angel Diaz def. Valdemar Pape, 7-6 (4), 6-3
Order of finish: 2,5,6
Next Up
Harvard will return home for a pair of matchups at the Murr Center next weekend. The Crimson plays No. 15 Duke University on Friday, Feb. 23 at 5:00 p.m. and Northwestern on Sunday, Feb. 25 at noon. Both matches will be streamed on ESPN+.
