CAMBRIDGE, Mass – No. 6 Harvard men's tennis defeated Boston University at home on Thursday evening, 7-0.
How it Happened
The Crimson got off to a 1-0 lead over the Terriers after quickly securing the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and 3 positions.
Rohan Murali and
Masato Perera first defeated Corey Craig and Cole Knutsen of Boston University, 6-1, at the No. 3 spot. At No. 1 doubles,
David Lins and
Daniel Milavsky coasted to a 6-0 victory over the Terrier duo of Alejandro Licea and Johann Sajonz to put Harvard up heading into singles play.
In singles competition,
Valdemar Pape took the first win after cruising to 6-3, 6-1 straight sets over Alejandro Licea at the No. 2 spot, and put the Crimson up 2-0.
Masato Perera then secured the win at the No. 4 position, 6-1, 6-3, with
Melchior Delloye following quickly behind at No. 1 with 6-2, 6-1 set wins.
To follow that,
Rohan Murali registered another win at the No. 5 spot, defeating Jose Robalino, 6-2, 6-4.
David Lins then earned a victory at the No. 6 position in straight sets of 7-5, 6-3. To wrap up the match against the Terriers,
Alan Yim defeated Gustavs Dambins, 7-5, 6-2, to give the Crimson a 7-0 victory, winning every set on the day.
Results
Harvard – 7
, BU – 0
Doubles
- David Lins/Daniel Milavsky def. Licea/Sajonz (BU), 6-0
- Ronan Jachuck/Alan Yim vs. Robalino/Pawlowski (BU), 4-2 DNF
- Rohan Murali/Masato Perera def. Craig/Knutsen (BU), 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 2
Singles
- Melchior Delloye def. Corey Craig (BU), 6-2, 6-1
- Valdemar Pape def. Alejandro Licea (BU), 6-3, 6-1
- Alan Yim def. Gustavs Dambins (BU), 7-5, 6-2
- Masato Perera def. Ben Letzer (BU), 6-0, 6-3
- Rohan Murali def. Jose Robalino (BU), 6-2, 6-4
- David Lins def. Cole Knutsen (BU), 7-5, 6-3
Order of finish: 2, 4, 1, 5, 6, 3
Harvard Highlights
- With the win, Harvard is a perfect 8-0 at home this season with four of those victories coming over ranked opponents.
- The Crimson is now 21-0 in the all-time series matchup against the Terriers.
- The wins at No. 1 and 3 doubles are the first of the matches and first wins of the season for each duo (No. 1 Lins/Milavsky and No. 3 Murali/Perera).
- Valdemar Pape secured his third victory of the season and first at the No. 2 position with a 6-3, 6-1 victory.
- Alan Yim earned his first victory of the dual season to give him a 1-0 record.
- Rohan Murali registered his first win of the dual season.
- David Lins improved to 2-0 this Spring.
- Melchior Delloye improved to 6-4 on the season.
Next Up
Harvard will embark on a journey to California to for a series of matches starting on Tuesday, March 12
th, at 2:00 p.m. ET against UC Santa Barbara.
