NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's tennis team battled down to the wire but fell 4–3 to Notre Dame in its spring season opener Friday evening at Cullman–Heyman Tennis Center.
After Notre Dame took the doubles point, Yale answered with three singles wins, including hard-fought three-set victories from
Edward Liao and
Jason Shuler as well as a straight-set win by
Ethan Chung.
Doubles
- Liao/Vignesh Gogineni (Yale) def. Luis Llorens Saracho (Notre Dame) 6-3
- Nicholas Patrick (Notre Dame) def. Shuler/Dylan Tsoi (Yale) 6-3
- Sebastian Dominko/Noah Becker (Notre Dame) def. Eric Li/Chung (Yale) 6-2
Singles
- Dominko (Notre Dame) def. Gogineni (Yale) 7-5, 6-2
- Liao (Yale) def. Perry Gregg (Notre Dame) 7-6 (7), 2-6, 6-3
- Peter Nad (Notre Dame) def. Jim Ji (Yale) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
- Shuler (Yale) def. Giuseppe Cerasuolo (Notre Dame) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Chung (Yale) def. Llorens Saracho (Notre Dame) 6-1, 6-1
- Kyran Magimay (Notre Dame) def. Krish Gupta (Yale) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
Up Next
The Bulldogs will head to Old Dominion on Sunday, Jan. 18. The match is slated to begin at 10 a.m.
