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Harvard Defeats Men's Tennis, 4-3
April 10, 2016 | Men's Tennis
The top four singles matches all went to third sets, and Harvard won the last one on court to defeat the Princeton men's tennis team 4-3 Sunday afternoon at Harvard.
The loss deals a blow to Princeton's Ivy title hopes, as the Tigers fell two losses back of unbeaten Columbia and a match behind Dartmouth, which one a battle of one-loss teams Sunday over Penn.
The Tigers got off to an auspicious start, with Alex Day and Luke Gamble defeating Harvard's nationally 44th-ranked pair of Nicky Hu and Brian Yeung on court one to clinch the doubles point.
Harvard then won three of the first four singles matches to end, taking a 3-2 lead before Princeton got a win from Josh Yablon on court four to square it at 3-3.
The match came down to a third set on court two between Tom Colautti and Sebastian Beltrame for Harvard, and Beltrame won that third set 6-4 to clinch the win for the Crimson.
Princeton will head to Columbia for a 2 p.m. match Friday before playing at home next Sunday against Cornell.
ITA rankings in parentheses • Order of finish: Doubles: 2,3,1; Singles: 6,5,3,1,4,2
The loss deals a blow to Princeton's Ivy title hopes, as the Tigers fell two losses back of unbeaten Columbia and a match behind Dartmouth, which one a battle of one-loss teams Sunday over Penn.
The Tigers got off to an auspicious start, with Alex Day and Luke Gamble defeating Harvard's nationally 44th-ranked pair of Nicky Hu and Brian Yeung on court one to clinch the doubles point.
Harvard then won three of the first four singles matches to end, taking a 3-2 lead before Princeton got a win from Josh Yablon on court four to square it at 3-3.
The match came down to a third set on court two between Tom Colautti and Sebastian Beltrame for Harvard, and Beltrame won that third set 6-4 to clinch the win for the Crimson.
Princeton will head to Columbia for a 2 p.m. match Friday before playing at home next Sunday against Cornell.
#50 (14-10, 2-2 Ivy)
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#37 (14-8, 2-2 Ivy)
| Doubles | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | (44) Hu/Brian Yeung (Harvard) | 5 |
| Day/Gamble (Princeton) | 7 | |
| 2 | Beltrame/Jean Thirouin (Harvard) | 6 |
| Colautti/Yablon (Princeton) | 2 | |
| 3 | Morrow/Zhou (Harvard) | 4 |
| Jonathan Carcione/Vives (Princeton) | 6 | |
| Singles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (114) Nicky Hu (Harvard) | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Diego Vives (Princeton) | 6 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2 | Sebastian Beltrame (Harvard) | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Tom Colautti (Princeton) | 4 | 7 | 4 | |
| 3 | Kenny Tao (Harvard) | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Alex Day (Princeton) | 6 | 4 | 6 | |
| 4 | Kelvin Lam (Harvard) | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Josh Yablon (Princeton) | 3 | 6 | 6 | |
| 5 | Andy Zhou (Harvard) | 6 | 6 | |
| Luke Gamble (Princeton) | 4 | 4 | ||
| 6 | Christopher Morrow (Harvard) | 6 | 6 | |
| Jimmy Wasserman (Princeton) | 3 | 0 | ||
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Coach Billy Pate on the match: "Tough one to lose. The guys fought their tails off. Each time we compete against Harvard, it seemd sto be a great quality of tennis and incredibly close matches that can go either way. That was certainly the case today. We put together a solid performance in doubles to gain some momentum and we had some great efforts in singles. We have been very strong at the 5/6 positions this year, but Harvard played very well in those spots today. We'll regroup and prepare for another tough road match Friday at Columbia." |
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