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#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
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Order of Finish:
6,3,1,5,4
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Blue Raiders Give a Valiant Effort but Fall 4-2 to Harvard
3/2/2025 3:38:00 PM | Men's Tennis
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After their match Friday against Princeton, the Blue Raiders traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to face No. 11 Harvard, falling 4-2.
Doubles play was a battle for the Blue Raiders, coming down to one court for the clinch. No. 76-ranked Karim Al-Amin and Ondrej Horak claimed victory on Court 1, defeating Harvard's No. 21-ranked Masato Perera and Benjamin Privara 6-2.
The pair of Kacper Szymkowiak and Jakub Kroslak dropped their match on Court 2, 6-4. With the doubles point coming down to Court 3, Shu Matsuoka and Rostislav Halfinger fought hard but fell 6-4, giving Harvard a 1-0 lead heading into singles play.
Harvard extended its lead with wins on Court 6 and Court 1. Igor Mandou Berranger lost for the Blue Raiders, while Szymkowiak suffered his first defeat as a Blue Raider.
Kroslak put Middle Tennessee on the board with a 6-3, 1-6, 6-0 victory over Rohan Murali. Matsuoka followed with a three-set win against Perera, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, making the overall score 3-2 with two courts still in play.
Harvard's Melchior Delloye clinched the match, defeating Horak 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, sealing the 4-2 victory for the Crimson.
Up Next
The Blue Raiders head west for two matches against ranked opponents, beginning with No. 23 Pepperdine on Tuesday, March 11, in Malibu, California.
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Doubles play was a battle for the Blue Raiders, coming down to one court for the clinch. No. 76-ranked Karim Al-Amin and Ondrej Horak claimed victory on Court 1, defeating Harvard's No. 21-ranked Masato Perera and Benjamin Privara 6-2.
The pair of Kacper Szymkowiak and Jakub Kroslak dropped their match on Court 2, 6-4. With the doubles point coming down to Court 3, Shu Matsuoka and Rostislav Halfinger fought hard but fell 6-4, giving Harvard a 1-0 lead heading into singles play.
Harvard extended its lead with wins on Court 6 and Court 1. Igor Mandou Berranger lost for the Blue Raiders, while Szymkowiak suffered his first defeat as a Blue Raider.
Kroslak put Middle Tennessee on the board with a 6-3, 1-6, 6-0 victory over Rohan Murali. Matsuoka followed with a three-set win against Perera, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, making the overall score 3-2 with two courts still in play.
Harvard's Melchior Delloye clinched the match, defeating Horak 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, sealing the 4-2 victory for the Crimson.
Up Next
The Blue Raiders head west for two matches against ranked opponents, beginning with No. 23 Pepperdine on Tuesday, March 11, in Malibu, California.
Follow the Blue Raiders
Follow Middle Tennessee men's tennis on social media on Facebook (BlueRaiderMensTennis), Twitter (MT_MensTennis) and Instagram (MT_MensTennis).
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