SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The Yale men's tennis team closed its spring break trip to California with another impressive victory. The Bulldogs, No. 62 in the ITA computer rankings, defeated Santa Clara 5-2.
 
Yale won the doubles point behind victories from Theo Dean and Aidan Reilly, 6-3 at No. 2, and Eric Li and Michael Sun, 6-3 at No. 3.
 
In singles, Dean cruised to a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 1, Walker Oberg posted a 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 6 and Vignesh Gogineni won 6-2, 7-6 at No. 2. Reilly was the only Bulldog to need three sets to win in singles, and he took the deciding set of his match 6-0.
 
Yale (9-5) split its four matches on the West Coast. The Bulldogs have one more match before the start of Ivy League play, against St. John's on Mar. 31. The Ivy opener is home against Harvard on Apr. 7.
 
Yale 5, Santa Clara 2
 
Doubles
1. Arthur Neuhaus/Guillaume Dalmasso (SCUMTEN) def. #79 Renaud Lefevre/Vignesh Gogineni (YALE) 6-2
2. Theo Dean/Aidan Reilly (YALE) def. Mann Shah/Christian Lerby (SCUMTEN) 6-3
3. Eric Li/Michael Sun (YALE) def. Jack Pulliam/Santiago Hinojosa (SCUMTEN) 6-3
Singles
1. Theo Dean (YALE) def. Arthur Neuhaus (SCUMTEN) 6-2, 6-4
2. Vignesh Gogineni (YALE) def. Guillaume Dalmasso (SCUMTEN) 6-2, 7-6 (11-9)
3. Christian Lerby (SCUMTEN) def. Michael Sun (YALE) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
4. Mann Shah (SCUMTEN) def. Luke Neal (YALE) 7-5, 6-4
5. Aidan Reilly (YALE) def. Santiago Hinojosa (SCUMTEN) 6-4, 2-6, 6-0
6. Walker Oberg (YALE) def. Nick Cmager (SCUMTEN) 6-2, 6-1