ALLSTON, Mass. – Playing its first ranked opponent of the season, the Boston University men's tennis team fell to No. 13 Harvard, 6-0, on Friday evening at the Murr Tennis Center.

Coupled with the earlier 4-0 victory over No. 75 Virginia Tech, the Crimson improve to 12-4, while the Terriers drop to 8-9.

BU came up just one break short of claiming the doubles point. Sophomore Dion Loutas and freshman Alejandro Licea cruised to a 6-1 win in the top slot, while Harvard posted a 6-2 victory at line 3. In the No. 2 match, sophomore Cole Knutsen and junior Jonah Dickson battled the Crimson to the end in a 6-4 loss.

In singles action, Loutas won his first set and was ahead, 6-4, 1-4, when the No. 1 match was halted. Freshman Corey Craig won the most games in a tightly-contested 6-3, 7-6(5) defeat on the No. 2 court. 

The Terriers will next open Patriot League play by facing Navy on Sunday (March 26) at the Winchester Tennis Club with a 10 a.m. start.

#13 Harvard - 6, Boston University - 0

SINGLES 
1) Dion Loutas (BU) led Ronan Jachuck (Harvard): 6-4, 1-4
2) Valdemar Pape (Harvard) def. Corey Craig (BU): 6-3, 7-6(5)
3) Alan Yim (Harvard) def. Alejandro Licea (BU): 6-2, 6-1
4) Masato Perera (Harvard) def. Cole Knutsen (BU): 6-2, 6-2
5) Marc Ktiri (Harvard) def. Jonah Dickson (BU): 6-2, 6-2
6) David Lins (Harvard) def. Ben Letzer (BU)/: 6-2, 6-4

DOUBLES
1) Loutas/Licea (BU) def. Jachuck/Steven Sun (Harvard): 6-1
2) Pape/Harris Walker (Harvard) def. Knutsen/Dickson (BU): 6-4
3) Lins/Yim (Harvard) def. Adrian Pawlowski / Johann Sajonz (BU): 6-2