NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's tennis team made a big statement in its spring opener. The Bulldogs knocked off Boston College 5-2 at the Cullman Heyman Tennis Center.
 
The match began with Yale capturing the double point. The Bulldogs' duos of Dylan King and Michael Sun and Arnav Dhingra and Andrew Heller were victorious. Dhingra and Heller earned a hard-fought 6-4 win.
 
In singles, King cruised to a 6-0, 6-2 victory in the No. 1 position. Sun had to work harder at No. 2. After dropping the first set, he rallied to win the final two. Heller and Robert Shymansky also earned singles victories for Yale.
 
The Bulldogs host Boston University on Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
Doubles
#1: King/Sun (Yale) def. Austin/Amantegui (BC) 6-1
#2: Grasel/Motlagh (BC) def. Cheng/Lin (Yale) 6-1
#3: Dhingra/Heller (Yale) def. Mendelsohn/Mullins (BC) 6-4
Order of finish (1, 2, 3*)
 
Singles
#1: King (Yale) def. Austin (BC) 6-0, 6-2
#2: Sun (Yale) def. Amantegui (BC) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
#3: Heller (Yale) def. Motlagh (BC) 7-5, 3-6, 1-0(7)
#4: Mendelsohn (BC) def. Cheng (Yale) 6-3, 6-2
#5: Shymansky (Yale) def. Chieffalo (BC) 6-2, 7-5
#6: Mullins (BC) def. Lin (Yale) 6-4, 7-6(3)
Order of finish (1, 4, 5, 6, 2*, 3)
*Clinching match