AUBURN, Ala. – The Auburn men's tennis team faced its first road test of the spring season, falling 6-1 against Harvard in a neutral-site match Friday afternoon at the Baumgardner Tennis Facility in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Harvard posted a 1-0 lead after doubles play, clinching that point when Andy Zhou and Logan Weber gained a close 7-5 win over Auburn's Brandon Laubser and Tad Maclean on court one.
In singles, Auburn took the first set to a tiebreaker on three courts (Tad Maclean on 4, Filippo Mora on 3 and Michael Durham on 6) and forced four matches into a third set. Filippo Mora, playing his first match for the Tigers, was a 6-7, 5-2 winner after Brian Shi retired from the competition, but the Crimson captured the match 6-1.
On court five, Auburn's Tim Dollman fell in three sets, 6-2, 3-5, 6-3, and on court four, Harvard's Harris Walker outlasted Maclean 6-7, 6-3, 6-2. Harvard's Steven Sun won a third-set tiebreaker 10-4 over Durham to capture that point 6-7 (7), 7-5, 1-0 (4).
Auburn, now 7-1, will face Northwestern Sunday at 9:00 a.m. in another neutral-site contest at the Baumgardner Tennis Facility in Tuscaloosa.
Harvard 6, Auburn 1
Singles
#121 Andy Zhou (HAR) def. Matteo DeVincentis (AUB) 6-4, 7-5
Robert Wresinski (HAR) def. #77 Brandon Laubser (AUB) 6-4, 6-3
Filippo Mora (AUB) def. Brian Shi (HAR) 6-7, 5-2 retired
Harris Walker (HAR) def. Tad Maclean (AUB) 6-7, 6-3, 6-2
Lucas Koelle (HAR) def. Tim Dollman (AUB) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
Steven Sun (HAR) def. Michael Durham (AUB) 6-7 (7-9), 7-5, 1-0 (10-4)
Doubles
Zhou/Logan Weber (HAR) def. Laubser/Maclean (AUB) 7-5
DeVincentis/Diego Chavarria (AUB) v Chris Morrow/Wresinski (HAR) 5-4 unfinished
Shi/Lane Leschly (HAR) def. Dollman/Mora (AUB) 6-3
Time of match: 3:10; Order of finish: Doubles: 3,1; Singles: 2,1,5,4,3,6