NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team earned its first Ivy League win of the season after defeating Yale, 4-1, on Saturday. The Quakers close out the season on Sunday against Brown. 

How it Happened

Penn got off to a slow start on the road in its second to last Ivy League match of the season. The Quakers fell at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles as Yale took the doubles point and would head into singles with a 1-0 advantage. Kyle Mautner and Edoardo Graziani fell, 6-4, while Dmitry Shatalin and Kevin Zhu lost, 6-3. 

In singles, the Quakers came back strong. Penn took four of the six singles matches, including three in straight sets. Mautner got the Red and Blue off to a strong start at the top singles spot. The senior won 6-4 in the first set before edging out the second in a tiebreaker, 7-6. Graziani won via the same scoreline as the freshman also edged out a tough second set tiebreaker, 7-6 (3), to win in straight sets. 

Max Cancilla earned a win at No. 6. Cancilla got a late break in the first set to win, 7-5, before taking the second, 6-4. Senior Dmitry Shatalin came back after losing the first set, 6-4, to win the second in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (4). Shatalin took that momentum into the decider as he went on to win, 6-0, in the third. 

Full Results

Singles

Kyle Mautner (PENN) def. Dylan King (YALE) - 6-4, 7-6

Edoardo Graziani (PENN) def. Cody Lin (YALE) - 6-4, 7-6(3)

Kevin Zhu (PENN) vs. Ryan Cheng (YALE) - DNF

Dmitry Shatalin (PENN) def. Arnav Dhingra (YALE) - 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-0

Noah Makarome (PENN) vs. Andrew Heller (YALE) - DNF

Max Cancilla (PENN) def. Alan Sou (YALE) - 7-5, 6-4

Doubles

Lin-Cheng (YALE) def. Mautner-Graziani (PENN) - 6-4

Brown-king (YALE) def. Zhu-Shatalin (PENN) - 6-3

Heller-Dhingra(YALE) vs. Cancilla-Makarome (PENN) - DNF