PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Yale men's tennis team dropped a hard-fought 5-2 decision at No. 41 Penn at the Hamlin Tennis Center.
 
Yale's doubles team of Luke Neal and Michael Sun posted a 6-4 victory at No. 3, but the Quakers won the other two matches to capture the doubles point.
 
In singles, the Bulldogs got victories from Theo Dean at No. 2 and Luke Neal at No. 6. Both won in straight sets.
 
The Quakers (16-4 overall) improved to 3-0 in Ivy League play.
 
Yale (1-2 Ivy) plays its first home league match next Saturday vs. Cornell at 1 p.m.
 
Penn 5, Yale 2
 
Doubles
Edoardo Graziani/Kevin Zhu (Penn) def. Renaud Lefevre/Cody Lin (Yale) 7-6
Jason Hildebrandt/Baylor Sai (Penn) def. Theo Dean/Aidan Reilly (Yale) 7-6
Luke Neal/Michael Sun (Yale) def. Aditya Gupta/Harsh Parikh (Penn) 6-4
 
Singles
Edoardo Graziani (Penn) def. Michael Sun (Yale) 6-2, 6-1
Theo Dean (Yale) def. Jason Hildebrandt (Penn) 6-1, 6-4
Aditya Gupta (Penn) def. Aidan Reilly (Yale) 6-3, 6-2
Kevin Zhu (Penn) def. Cody Lin (Yale) 6-3, 1-6, 10-8
Harsh Parikh (Penn) def. Renaud Lefevre (Yale) 6-0, 6-3
Luke Neal (Yale) def. Baylor Sai (Penn) 6-2, 6-4