NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's tennis team dropped a close match to Penn, falling 4-2 on the Yale outdoor courts.
 
The Bulldogs won the doubles point as Vignesh Gogineni and Renaud Lefevre posted a 6-4 win at No. 1, and Aidan Reilly and Theo Dean were 7-6 winners at No. 2.
 
In singles, Gogineni earned Yale's point with a dominant 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 2. Dean had a 6-2, 4-3 lead at No. 1 when his match was stopped.
 
The Bulldogs are back home again on Sunday, hosting Princeton at 1 p.m.
 
Penn 4, Yale 2
 
Doubles
1. Vignesh Gogineni/Renaud Lefevre (Yale) def. Edoardo Graziani/Kevin Zhu (Penn) 6-4
2. Aidan Reilly/Theo Dean (Yale) def. Zachery Lim/Harsh Parikh (Penn) 7-6
3. Manfredi Graziani/Aditya Gupta (Penn) def. Michael Sun/Eric Li (Yale) 6-1
 
Singles
1. Theo Dean (Yale) vs. Edoardo Graziani (Penn) 6-2, 4-3 DNF
2. Vignesh Gogineni (Yale) def. Kevin Zhu (Penn) 6-2, 6-1
3. Aditya Gupta (Penn) def. Michael Sun (Yale) 6-2, 6-2
4. Harsh Parikh (Penn) def. Aidan Reilly (Yale) 6-2, 6-2
5. Manfredi Graziani (Penn) def. Luke Neal (Yale) 6-4, 6-2
6. Baylor Sai (Penn) def. Walker Oberg (Yale) 6-4, 6-2