Theo Dean and
Michael Sun have both advanced to the Round of 32 in singles at the ITA Northeast Regionals at the University of Pennsylvania. Yale also saw its doubles team of
Renaud Lefevre and
Luke Neal make it to the Round of 32 before they fell in the Round of 16.
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Dean cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 win over St. John's Giuseppe De Camelis. Sun had to work a little harder, edging Fairfield's Jonathan Olive-Blanco in three sets 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
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Lefevre put up a strong fight but lost a three-set match in the Round of 64.
Aidan Reilly also fell in the Round of 64.
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Lefevre and Neal defeated a team from Cornell in the Round of 64 and then played a terrific match in the Round of 32, falling 8-7 (5) to a team from Columbia.
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Play continues on Sunday. Sun and Dean both play at 9 a.m. in the Round of 32. Both would play again at noon with victories.
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COMPLETE RESULTS:
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Rd of 64 singles:
Van Noord (17-32) Monmouth def
Aidan Reilly 6-3, 6-1
Bosancic (9-16) Princeton def
Renaud Lefevre 6-7, 6-3, 6-4
Michael Sun (9-16) def Olive Blanco – Fairfield 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Theo Dean (17-32) def De Camelis – St Johns 6-4, 6-2
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Rd of 32 doubles:
Lefevre/Neal def Mao/McCarthy - Cornell 8-4
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Rd of 16 doubles:
Kotzen/Templeman (1-8) – Columbia def Lefevre/Neal 8-7 (5)
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