CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard men's tennis picked up its second win of Ivy play this evening by downing No. 72 Yale, 5-2, inside the Murr Center.

How it Happened

The Crimson opened up play by grabbing the doubles point after wins at the No. 1 and 3 positions.  Teaming up for just the fourth time this season, Daniel Milavsky and David Lins cruised to a 6-2 victory at the No. 1 spot before Masato Perera and Alan Yim downed Roee Benya and Jim Ji, 6-4, to secure the doubles point. 

Moving into singles, Masato Perera quickly moved the Crimson lead to 2-0 with identical 6-2 sets at the No. 6 spot.  Ronan Jachuck then got Harvard within a point of clinching by downing Eric Li, 6-1, 6-3, at the No. 3 position. 
Yale got on the board with a win at the No. 2 spot but Henry von der Schulenburg ultimately clinched the match with a straight set victory over Vignesh Gogineni (Yale) with two matches outstanding. 

Melchior Delloye secured the final Crimson win of the day by downing Jim Ji in a third set tiebreaker to finalize the match at 5-2 in favor of Harvard. 

Results

Harvard – 5, Yale – 2
Doubles

1. David Lins/Daniel Milavsky def. Theo Dean/Aidan Reilly (Yale), 6-2
2. Melchior Delloye/Ronan Jachuck vbs. Vignesh Gogineni/Eric Li (Yale), 5-3 DNF
3. Masato Perera/Alan YIm def. Roee Benya/Jim Ji (Yale), 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 3
Singles

1. Henry von der Schulenburg def. Vignesh Gogineni (Yale), 6-4, 6-4
2. Theo Dean (Yale) def. Daniel Milavsky, 6-4, 6-2
3. Ronan Jachuck def. Eric Li (Yale), 6-1, 6-3
4. Melchior Delloye def. Jim Ji (Yale), 7-6, 4-6, 10-6
5. Aidan Reilly (Yale) def. Rohan Murali, 6-4, 6-4
6. Masato Perera def. Roee Benya (Yale), 6-2, 6-2

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

Next Up

The Crimson will hit the road for a three match road stretch beginning against Brown on Sunday, April 7 at 1:00 p.m.