Men’s Tennis: No. 8 UVA wins ninth-straight match with 5-2 victory at No. 13 Harvard

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The No. 8 Virginia men’s tennis team closed out a three-match week with a 5-2 victory at No. 13 Harvard on Sunday at the Beren Tennis Center in Cambridge, Mass.

Virginia (17-4) trailed the Crimson 2-0 before winning five straight singles matches. Iñaki Montes won the clincher for the Cavaliers as UVA extended its winning streak to nine matches.

Harvard (12-4) won the doubles point with victories on the top two courts. The Crimson took a 2-0 lead with a straight-set victory on singles court six. Jeffrey von der Schulenburg picked up UVA’s first point with a 6-4, 7-5 win on court three. Chris Rodesch followed by downing von der Schulenburg’s brother, Henry, 6-2, 7-6 (5), to tie the match at 2-2.

Ryan Goetz followed with a 6-4, 7-5 win on court four followed moments later by Montes closing out his victory on the adjacent court. Måns Dahlberg rebounded from a 6-1 loss in his first set against Steven Sun to win the second 7-5. Dahlberg won a super-tiebreaker 10-3 to decide the third set and close out the Cavaliers’ 5-2 victory.

Virginia returns to ACC action next weekend, playing at No. 14 Wake Forest on Friday and at No. 25 NC State on Sunday.

NO. 8 VIRGINIA 5, NO. 13 HARVARD 2

Singles
1. #18 Chris Rodesch (VA) def. #20 Henry von der Schulenburg (HAR) 6-2, 7-6 (5)
2. #39 Iñaki Montes (VA) def. #30 Harris Walker (HAR) 6-4, 6-4
3. #35 Jeffrey von der Schulenburg (VA) def. Daniel Milavsky (HAR) 6-4, 7-5
4. #101 Ryan Goetz (VA) def. #112 Ronan Jachuck (HAR) 6-4, 7-5
5. Mans Dahlberg (VA) def. Steven Sun (HAR) 1-6, 7-5, 10-3
6. Alan Yim (HAR) def. Alexander Kiefer (VA) 6-2, 6-4

Doubles
1. Harris Walker/Daniel Milavsky (HAR) def. #53 Iñaki Montes/Ryan Goetz (VA) 6-4
2. Ronan Jachuck/Steven Sun (HAR) def. Chris Rodesch/William Woodall (VA) 6-4
3. Henry von der Schulenburg/Alan Yim (HAR) vs. Alexander Kiefer/Jeffrey von der Schulenburg (VA) 4-5, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (6,3,1,4,2,5)