Louisville Drops Road Match at Harvard

Sunday, February 9

Cambridge, Mass.

12 p.m.

University of Louisville

Harvard

February 09, 2025 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Cardinals fall to Crimson 6-1

By: Dana Brown

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – University of Louisville men's tennis fell to Harvard 6-1 on Sunday afternoon, the second of five straight road matches.

While Natan Rodrigues and Kosuke Nakanishi repeatedly battled points back and forth on Court 1 in doubles, the Harvard Crimson took control on Courts 2 and 3 and quickly seized the doubles point with victories on those courts.

The Cardinals dropped Courts 1, 5 and 4 all in straight sets, allowing Harvard to clinch the match. The Crimson picked up its fifth point on Court 3 as Will Mayew fell to his opponent 6-3, 6-3.

Andre' Steinbach won the opening set on Court 2 in singles, defeating his opponent 6-2. He dropped the second set but went on to win a thrilling third set tiebreaker 11-9 to claim Louisville's lone point of the match.

Piet Steveker battled back in his singles match, claiming the second set 7-5 and forcing the third set tiebreaker. After a long fight, he ultimately fell in the third set 9-11, dropping the sixth and final point to Harvard.

Louisville will be back in action on Saturday at IU in Bloomington, Ind., at 3 p.m. ET.

Full Results
Doubles
Natan Rodrigues/Kosuke Nakanishi (UL) vs. Ben Privara/Masato Perera (Harvard) – 4-2, abandoned
Danny Milavsky/David Lins (Harvard) def. Will Mayew/Hamza El Amine (UL) 6-2
Melchior Delloye/Valdemar Pape (Harvard) def. Enrique Peña/Andre' Steinbach (UL) 6-0
Order of finish: 3, 2

Singles
Danny Milavsky (Harvard) def. Natan Rodrigues (UL) 6-3, 6-1
Andre' Steinbach (UL) def. Valdemar Pape (Harvard) 6-2, 4-6, 11-9
Melchior Delloye (Harvard) def. Will Mayew (UL) 6-3, 6-3
Rohan Murali (Harvard) def. Kosuke Nakanishi (UL) 6-1, 6-1
Masato Perera (Harvard) def. Hamza El Amine (UL) 6-1, 6-1
Marc Ktiri (Harvard) def. Piet Steveker (UL) 7-5, 5-7, 11-9
Order of finish: 1, 5, 4, 3, 2, 6