
Pictured: Joshua Tchan picked up a win in singles and
doubles.
Photo courtesy: DSPics.com
NEW YORK- The Harvard men’s tennis team
fell in its opening Ivy League contest, 5-2, to Columbia. The
Crimson dips to 9-9 and 0-1 in the Ancient Eight while the Lions
improve to 12-3 on the season and 2-0 in the conference.
Facing a 1-0 deficit in doubles action, Harvard evened the score
at a match apiece as Alexei Chijoff-Evans and Joshua Tchan picked
up an 8-4 at the No. 3 doubles slot. Columbia secured the doubles
point with a win at the top slot.
Freshman Christo Schultz put the Crimson on the scoreboard with a
win at the No. 5 singles position. Schultz defeated
Columbia’s Rajeev Deb-Sen in straight sets. Tchan followed
suit, claiming a victory at the No. 4 spot over Cyril Bucher. The
rookie took the first set 7-5 but dropped the second set 6-0. Tchan
regrouped to reel in the tiebreaker, 10-3.
Harvard remains on the road as it travels to take on Cornell,
April 3, in the second leg of the trip to New York.
Results
Doubles
No. 1 Wong/Nichifor (COL) def. Omodele-Lucien/Schultz (HAR),
8-6
No. 2 Gery/Schneiderman (COL) def. Felton/Nguyen (HAR), 9-7
No. 3 Chijoff-Evans/Tchan (HAR) def. Deb-Sen/Kevin Kung
(COL), 8-4
Singles
No. 1 Jonathan Wong (COL) def. Alexei Chijoff-Evans (HAR), 6-4,
2-6, 12-10
No. 2 Mihai Nichifor (COL) def. Aba Omodele-Lucien (HAR), 6-3,
6-2
No. 3 Haig Schneiderman (COL) def. Alistair Felton (HAR), 6-4,
6-0
No. 4 Joshua Tchan (HAR) def. Cyril Bucher (COL), 7-5, 0-6,
10-3
No. 5 Christo Schultz (HAR) def. Rajeev Deb-Sen (COL), 6-2,
6-4
No. 6 Nathaniel Gery (COL) def. Michael Hayes (HAR), 6-2, 6-2