CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard men's tennis wrapped up play at Chowderfest by collecting five additional victories across doubles and singles action.

Rohan Murali and Kolos Kincses registered the first win of the day for the Crimson, dropping Nathan Gold and Petar Teodorovic (Cornell), 6-4.  Later in the afternoon session, Melchior Delloye and Masato Perera added another doubles win with a dominant 6-2 victory over Edward Liao and Eric Li (Yale). 

Valdemar Pape completed an unblemished individual weekend, defeating Eric Verdes in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4.  Murali added the second win of the morning session for Harvard, grinding out a win over Sasha Colleu (Illinois).  Each player won a set 6-3 before Murali was victorious in the third-set tiebreaker, 10-5. 

Mitchell Lee recorded the final win of the day, dropping Eric Li with a 6-1, 7-5 result to close a 15-win weekend for Harvard.

Results

Morning Session
Doubles

1. Rushil Khosla/Eric Verdes (Cornell) def. Valdemar Pape/Benjamin Privara (Harvard), 6-4
2. Rohan Murali/Kolos Kincses (Harvard) def. Nathan Gold/Petar Teodorovic (Cornell), 6-4
3. Jack Casciato/James MacDonald (Cornell/Harvard) def. Vikas Deo/Matthew Faraci (SMU), 6-4

Singles

1. Rodrigo Fernandes (Cornell) def. No. 49 Benjamin Privara (Harvard), 6-3, 7-5
2. Valdemar Pape (Harvard) def. Eric Verdes (Cornell), 6-2, 6-4
3. Rohan Murali (Harvard) def. Sasha Colleu (Illinois), 6-3, 3-6, 10-5
4. Rethin Kumar (Cornell) def. Masato Perera (Harvard), 2-6, 6-3, 10-4

 
Afternoon Session
Doubles

1. Melchior Delloye/Masato Perera (Harvard) def. Edward Liao/Eric Li (Yale), 6-2

Singles

1. Edward Liao (Yale) def. Melchior Delloye (Harvard), 6-4, 6-2
2. Mitchell Lee (Harvard) def. Eric Li (Yale), 6-1, 7-5
3. Jason Shuler (Yale) def. James MacDonald (Harvard), 6-3, 6-4

Next Up

The Crimson will return to action on Thursday, October 9 as it competes at the ITA New England Regionals in New Haven, Conn.