Northwestern
Harvard
'Cats Drop Match at Harvard, 5-2
2/7/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 7, 2005
EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern fell to Harvard, 5-2, in the Crimson's season-opener Sunday. The Wildcats drop to 4-2 on the year.
Harvard swept the three doubles matches to claim the team point heading into singles.
Junior Adam Schaechterle (Oconomowoc, Wis./Kettle Moraine) notched his fourth victory of the year with a win against Gideon Valkin at the No. 5 position.
Sophomore Matt Christian (Troy, Mich./Brother Rice) earned the Wildcats another win on the day with a straight set victory over Dan Nguyen at No. 6.
Harvard 5, Northwestern 2
Doubles
No. 1 - Chu/Kumar def. Perrin/Tempke, 9-8 (6)
No. 2 - Wetzel/Beren def. Hanus/Schaechterle, 8-4
(match later vacated due to ineligible Harvard player)
No. 3 - Chiu/Bohnen def. Christian/Hoeveler, 8-5
Singles
No. 1 - Mark Wetzel def. Tommy Hanus, 6-1, 6-4
(match later vacated due to ineligible Harvard player)
No. 2 - Jon Chu def. Chuck Perrin, 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 - Ashwin Kumar def. Christian Tempke, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
No. 4 - Shantanu Dhaka def. Willy Lock, 6-0, 5-7, 1-0 (9)
No. 5 - Adam Schaechterle def. Gideon Valkin, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
No. 6 - Matt Christian def. Dan Nguyen, 6-2, 6-2
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