NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's tennis team knocked off a very good Monmouth squad 7-0 at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center.
After winning the doubles point, Yale earned several hard-fought victories in singles. At the No. 1 position,
Michael Sun won a thrilling match that was decided in a third-set tiebreaker.
Aidan Reilly also needed three sets to take his match at No. 4. Reilly won the third set 7-5 over Victor Castro. At No. 2,
Theo Dean won the first set in a tiebreaker and then cruised to a 6-2 victory in the second set.
Monmouth entered the match with a 9-1 overall record.
The Bulldogs, who beat Bryant 7-0 last Saturday, improved to 7-4.
Yale concludes a three-match home stand by hosting Delaware on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Yale 7, Monmouth 0
Doubles
1.
Michael Sun/
Cody Lin (Y) def. Niels Van Noord/Charlie Penman (M) 6-3
2.
Aidan Reilly/
Theo Dean (Y) def. Victor Castro/Trent Massam (M) 6-4
3. Dmitry Bezborodov/Gabriel Busato (M) def.
Walker Oberg/
Renaud Lefevre (Y) 6-2
Singles
1.
Michael Sun (Y) def. Niels Van Noord (M) 6-4, 1-6, 7-6
2.
Theo Dean (Y) def. Dmitry Bezborodov (M) 7-6, 6-2
3.
Cody Lin (Y) def. Gabriel Busato (M) 6-0, 6-1
4.
Aidan Reilly (Y) def. Victor Castro (M) 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
5.
Luke Neal (Y) def. Lucca Silva (M) 6-4, 6-1
6.
Walker Oberg (Y) def. Charlie Penman (M) 6-4, 6-1
