Red Raiders Fall to No. 25 Harvard, 4-2, in San Diego

Friday, March 16

San Diego, Calif.

4:00 PM

Texas Tech Athletics

No. 25 Harvard

Red Raiders Fall to No. 25 Harvard, 4-2, in San Diego

March 17, 2018 | Men's Tennis

Texas Tech dropped its first match of the San Diego Spring Classic with 4-2 loss to Harvard Friday

By: Texas Tech Athletics Communications

LUBBOCK, Texas – No. 37 Texas Tech dropped its first match of the San Diego Spring Classic on Thursday as the Red Raiders fell to No. 25 Harvard, 4-2, at the Hogan Tennis Center.

The loss moves the Red Raiders to 15-5 on the season heading into their final match of a weeklong trip to San Diego, which comes at 2 p.m. CT Saturday against host San Diego. Harvard improved to 14-2 overall with the victory.

The Red Raiders came close to securing the doubles point for the 15th time already this season as the tandem of Jackson Cobb and Alex Sendegeya secured a 6-4 victory on the No. 2 court. Harvard won a 7-6 tiebreaker to top Artem Kapshuk and Ilgiz Valiev moments later to clinch the point from the No. 3 spot.

Tech battled back and forth with Harvard in singles as Matheus Leite tied the match with a 6-2, 6-3 victory from the No. 6 position. The Red Raiders cut Harvard's lead to 3-2 later in singles thanks to a 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory from Valiev at the No. 4 court.

Harvard captured straight-set victories over both Tommy Mylnikov and Connor Curry at the top two spots and then closed the match with a three-set rally over Kapshuk on the No. 5 court. Kapshuk won the opening set, 6-2, before dropping the next two frames, 6-4, 6-3.

The Red Raiders will turn their attention to a San Diego program that is coming off a 4-3 loss to No. 24 Memphis on Friday morning. The Toreros, currently 6-5 on the season, are ranked 44th in the latest ITA poll.

No. 25 Harvard 4, No. 37 Texas Tech 2
March 16, 2018 at San Diego, California (Lomas Santa Fe Tennis Center)

Doubles
1 – Kenny Tao/Logan Weber (HARV) defeats Connor Curry and Tommy Mylnikov (TTU): 6-4
2 – Jackson Cobb/Alex Sendegeya (TTU) defeats Christopher Morrow/Grant Solomon (HARV): 6-4
3 – Jean Thirouin/Andy Zhou (HARV) defeats Artem Kapshuk/Ilgiz Valiev (TTU): 7-6 (5)
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3*

Singles
1 – Kenny Tao (HARV) defeats Tommy Mylnikov (TTU): 6-2, 6-4
2 – Andy Zhou (HARV) defeats Connor Curry (TTU): 7-5, 6-1
3 – Jean Thirouin (HARV) vs. Alex Sendegeya (TTU): 1-6, 6-4, 4-5, unfinished
4 – Ilgiz Valiev (TTU) defeats Grant Solomon (HARV): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
5 – Robert Wrzesinski (HARV) defeats Artem Kapshuk (TTU): 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
6 – Matheus Leite (TTU) defeats Andrew Ball (HARV): 6-2, 6-3
Order of finish: 6, 1, 2, 4, 5*

Texas Tech: 15-5; National Ranking: No. 37
Harvard: 14-2; National Ranking: 25