NEW HAVEN, Conn. - In one of their most exciting matches of the season, the No. 5 Bulldogs flirted with an upset against No. 1, undefeated Penn. 

To start off the afternoon, No. 3 Max Forster and No. 9 Eric Kim notched key victories for the Elis. Forster, whose opponent resigned due to injury after the third game, won 2-1. Kim came back from down 0-2 to secure a heroic 3-2 victory in a match that lasted an hour and 12 minutes.

After Kim's come-from-behind victory, all eyes turned to No. 5 Maxwell Orr, who battled back-and-forth with his Penn counterpart for one hour and 25 minutes: the longest match of the afternoon. In the end, Orr fell 3-2 with scores of 12-10, 10-12, 9-11, 13-11 and 9-11.

To close off the afternoon, No. 4 Siow Yee Xian and No. 7 Jed Burde narrowly surrendered hard-fought matches to their opponents.

Next weekend, the Bulldogs welcome No. 11 Dartmouth to the Brady Center on Friday and travel to Cambridge to face No. 2 Harvard on Sunday. 

RESULTS VS PENN:

1. Andrew Douglas (PENN) def. Harrison Gill (YALE), 11-6, 11-5, 11-6
2. Aly Abou El Einen (PENN) def. Nadav Raziel (YALE), 11-5, 11-7, 11-4
3. Max Forster (YALE) def. James Flynn (PENN), 8-11, 12-10, 11-5 RE
4. Nicholas Spizzirri (PENN) def. Siow Yee Xian (YALE), 11-9, 12-14, 11-8, 11-5
5. Dillon Huang (PENN) def. Maxwell Orr (YALE), 10-12, 12-10, 11-9, 11-13, 11-9
6. Nathan Tze Bing Kueh (PENN) def. Brian Leonard (YALE), 15-13, 11-7, 11-3
7. Yash Bhargava (PENN) def. Jed Burde (YALE), 11-8, 6-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7
8. Saksham Choudhary (PENN) def. Merritt Wurts (YALE), 11-6, 11-2, 11-5
9. Eric Kim (YALE) def. Roger Alber Baddour (PENN), 9-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 14-12
10. Dana Santry (PENN) def. Tyler Carney (YALE), 9-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-9