NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's tennis team dropped a hard-fought 5-2 decision to St. John's at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center.
All three doubles matches were closely contested. Yale's duo of
Luke Neal and
Renaud Lefevre posted a 7-5 victory at the No. 3 position. The Red Storm, though, won 7-5 at No. 1 and 7-6 at No. 2.
In singles, Yale's
Theo Dean cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 victory at No. 2. The Bulldogs were also victorious at No. 5 as
Shervin Dehmoubed was a straight sets winner.
The Bulldogs are back in action on Sunday, hosting Boston University at 11 a.m. at Cullman-Heyman
Doubles
1. Axel Vila Antuna/Ignacio Garcia (StJ) def.
Michael Sun/
Arnav Dhingra (Y) 7-5
2. Charlie James/Ryota Kaneda (STJ) def.
Aidan Reilly/
Theo Dean (Y) 7-6
3.
Luke Neal/
Renaud Lefevre (Y) def. Carl Gustavson/Giuseppe De Camelis (STJ) 7-5
Singles
1. Antuna (STJ) def. Sun (Y) 7-6,7-6
2. Dean (Y) def. Garcia (STJ) 6-4, 6-2
3. James (STJ) def. Reilly (Y) 6-3, 6-4
4. Gustavson (STJ) def.
Walker Oberg (Y) 6-1, 1-6, 7-5
5.
Shervin Dehmoubed (Y) def. De Camelis (STJ) 6-4, 7-6
6. Vlad Tudor Vasilache (STJ) def.
Luke Neal (Y) 6-2, 6-4
