Box Score

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Wisconsin men's tennis team (1-10, 0-0 Big Ten) lost to the No. 70 Yale Bulldogs (7-3, 0-0 Ivy), 6-1, in its first match of the weekend, Friday, March 1. 

Wisconsin was forced to forfeit the No. 3 doubles match due to injury, leaving Michael Minasyan/Matthew Fullerton and the No. 1 match and Collin Beduhn/Gabriel Huber at the No. 2 match. The No. 2 match finished first, as Beduhn/Huber were defeated by Theo Dean/Aidan Reilly, 6-2.

Heading into singles play, the Badgers had to forfeit both the No. 5 and 6 singles matches. Huber and Beduhn both fell in straight sets, giving Yale the win up 4-0. Next up, Fullerton won his match after his opponent, Eric Li retired in the second set, which left Minasyan vs. Vignesh Gogineni at the No. 1 singles match. After losing the first set 6-2, Minasyan played a close second set, but eventually lost in the tiebreak, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2).

Up Next: Wisconsin remains on the East Coast to take on Princeton on Sunday, March 3. First serve will be at 11 pm from Princeton, N.J.

Yale University 6, University of Wisconsin 1

Singles Results

1. Vignesh Gogineni (YALE) Michael Minasyan (WIS) 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)

2. Theo Dean (YALE) def. Gabriel Huber (WIS) 6-2, 6-2

3. Matthew Fullerton (WIS) def. Eric Li (YALE) 4-6, 4-1, retired

4. Aidan Reilly (YALE) def. Collin Beduhn (WIS) 6-3, 6-4

5. Roee Benya (YALE) def. No Player (WIS), by forfeit

6. Walker Oberg (YALE) def. No Player (WIS), by forfeit

Doubles Results

1. Roee Benya/Vignesh Gogineni (YALE) def. Matthew Fullerton/Michael Minasyan (WIS) 6-4

2. Theo Dean/Aidan Reilly (YALE) def. Gabriel Huber/Collin Beduhn (WIS) 6-2

3. Zhengqing Ji/Eric Li (YALE) def. No Player/No Player (WIS), by forfeit

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (5,6,2,4,3,1)