LEXINGTON, KY – No. 8 Harvard men's tennis dropped the first match of their Kentucky road trip by falling in a battle to No. 11 Kentucky, 2-5.
How it Happened
The match opened with the Wildcats claiming the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and 2 positions.
Despite Kentucky picking up the first singles win of the day as well, the Crimson quickly got on the board as
Ronan Jachuck registered identical 6-3 sets at the No. 4 position to defeat Jaden Weekes (Kentucky). With the win, Jachuck continues his hot start to 2024, improving to 5-1 in singles action.
The Wildcats claimed another singles win and pulled within a victory of clinching by taking the No. 2 spot. Hoping to aid the Crimson come back,
Daniel Milavsky added another point with a his own come from behind performance at the No. 3 position. After falling 4-6 in the first set, Milavsky evened the score with a 6-3 second followed by not dropping a single game in the final set to close out the victory. The junior remains undefeated in singles action throughout dual season, improving to 5-0 in 2024 and 9-3 overall.
Kentucky closed out the match by grabbing the final two outstanding matches and No. 5 and 6 to solidify their 5-2 victory over the Crimson.
Results
Harvard – 2
, Kentucky – 5
Doubles
- No. 44 Joshua Lapadat/JJ Mercer (Kentucky) def. No. 4 Daniel Milavsky/Cooper Williams, 6-4
- Eli Stephenson/Jaden Weekes (Kentucky) def. Ronan Jachuck/Masato Perera, 6-3
- David Lins/Henry von der Schulenburg vs. Taha Baadi/Charlelie Cosnet (Kentucky), 4-5
Order of finish: 2, 1
Singles
- No. 27 Taha Baadi (Kentucky) def. No. 12 Cooper Williams, 6-2, 6-4
- Joshua Lapadat (Kentucky) def. Henry von der Schulenburg, 6-3, 6-2
- Daniel Milavsky def. Jaden Weekes (Kentucky), 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Ronan Jachuck def. Jack Loutit (Kentucky), 6-3, 6-3
- Charlelie Cosnet (Kentucky) def. Melchior Delloye, 6-4, 6-4
- Eli Stephenson (Kentucky) def. Masato Perera, 7-6 (6), 6-2
Order of finish: 1, 4, 2, 3, 5, 6
Next Up
Harvard will look to bounce back this Sunday, February 11 as they take on Louisville at 12:00 p.m. in the final match leading into ITA Indoor Nationals.
