ALLSTON, Mass. – Facing its first of two nationally-ranked Ivy League opponents this weekend, the Boston University men's tennis team dropped a hard-fought 5-2 decision at No. 26 Harvard on Friday night.

The Crimson won a tightly-contested doubles point and then claimed four of the six singles points, including three in straight sets.

THE RUNDOWN

Final Scores: #26 Harvard 5, BU 2
Records: Harvard (11-2), BU (6-4)
Venue: Murr Tennis Center – Allston, Mass.

MATCH NOTES

• Freshman David Bogatin led the Terriers by winning in both doubles and singles action ... He first teamed with sophomore Fabian Soemarno for a 7-6(10) win at line 2 and then rolled to a 7-6(5), 6-3 victory in the No. 4 slot.
• Freshman Owen Lu captured the other point for BU at line 2 with an identical score of 7-6(5), 6-3.
• Lu and sophomore J.P. Avila came up just short at No. 3 doubles in a 7-6(3) loss that gave Harvard its first point of the day.
• Junior Satyajit Simhadri won the first set in the top singles match, but Robert Wrzesinski rallied for a 4-6, 6-2, 11-9 victory.    
• The two points mark the most for BU against the nationally-ranked Crimson in over a decade.

SINGLES RESULTS
1. Robert Wrzesinski (HARV) def. Satyajit Simhadri (BU): 4-6, 6-2, 11-9
2. Owen Lu (BU) def. Logan Weber (HARV): 7-6, 6-3
3. Andrew Ball (HARV) def. Pedro Gutierrez (BU): 6-4, 6-1
4. David Bogatin (BU) def. Samuel Beren (HARV): 7-6, 6-3
5. Galen Lee (HARV) def. Marc Sable (BU): 6-1, 6-2
6. Christopher Morrow (HARV) def. Pete Siozios (BU): 6-2, 6-4

DOUBLES RESULTS
1. Morrow/Weber (HARV) def. Simhadri/Gutierrez (BU): 6-2
2. Soemarno/Bogatin (BU) def. Grant Solomon / Michael Peters (HARV): 7-6
3. Beren/Andy Zhou (HARV) def. J.P. Avila / Lu (BU): 7-6

NEXT UP: #14 DARTMOUTH

• The Terriers will visit the Big Green on Sunday (Feb. 25) at 3:30 p.m.
• BU was blanked by Dartmouth, 7-0, last season.