NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team picked up its sixth victory in its last seven matches and improved to 3-1 in Ivy League competition with a 4-2 victory Saturday afternoon over Yale from the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center.

Manfredi Graziani and Aditya Gupta picked up a 6-1 win in doubles action, but the Bulldogs took the early point, then added the opening singles match for a 2-0 lead; the rest of the day, however, belonged to the Quakers.

Gupta picked up his second win of the day at No. 3, 6-2, 6-2, getting Penn on the board. Harsh Parikh followed with another 6-2, 6-2 win, knotting the match at 2-all. Baylor Sai put Penn in front, 3-2, with a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 6.

Graziani closed his day, and the match, with another 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 5, the third time since March 29 the freshman picked up the clinching point of a match.

Up Next
The Quakers will face Brown in Providence tomorrow at 1 p.m. to wrap the weekend's action.

DOUBLES

1. Vignesh Gogineni/Renaud Lefevre (Y) def. Edoardo Graziani/Kevin Zhu (P) – 6-4
2. Aidan Reilly/Theo Dean (Y) def. Lim/Parikh (P)  – 7-6 (4)
3. M. Graziani/Gupta (P) def. Eric Li/Michael Sun (Y) – 6-1 

SINGLES

1. E. Graziani (P) vs. Theo Dean (Y) – 2-6, 3-4 DNF
2. Vignesh Gogineni (Y) def. Zhu (P) — 6-2, 6-1
3. Gupta (P) def. Michael Sun (Y) – 6-2, 6-2
4. Parikh (P) def. Aidan Reilly (Y) – 6-2, 6-2
5. M. Graziani (P) def. Luke Neal (Y) – 6-4, 6-2
6. Sai (P) def. Walker Oberg (Y) – 6-4, 6-2

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