Michigan State men's tennis falls to No. 12 Harvard in second round of NCAA tournament

BOSTON – Michigan State's men’s tennis team was bested by No. 12 Harvard, 4-0, in the Boston Regional final Saturday, ending the team portion of the Spartans’ historic season — a season of firsts that included a program-high 22 wins and first-ever NCAA tournament win onFriday in the first round against a previously unbeaten Denver team.

The collegiate season is not over for three Spartans — sophomore Ozan Baris, graduate senior Ronald Hohmann III and junior Max Sheldon — who will compete at the NCAA Championships for singles and/or doubles beginning May 20 in Stillwater, Okla.

“I’m just proud of the guys. We battled hard,” MSU coach Harry Jadun said. “We didn’t have our best stuff today, but Harvard played really well and in an NCAA tournament you’ve got to bring your best. (The) doubles point was obviously highly contested and we had a bunch of match points across a couple courts and in singles. They jumped out to a good lead and we were really just clawing to stay in it there.”

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“We want to break some more records next year, do some things that haven’t been done,” Jadun continued. “But it just means a lot. You see the seniors that came in here during COVID and they’re graduating; it’s super special for them to leave this program in a better spot. I’m excited for what the future holds and hopefully this is just one step up the Mountain.”

Match Results

Singles

1. 15 Cooper Williams (HARV) vs. 9 Ozan Baris (MSU) 6-3, 5-5, unfinished
2. 66 Hvon der Schulenburg (HARV) vs. 53 Ronald Hohmann (MSU) 3-6, 6-3, 2-3, unfinished
3. Daniel Milavsky (HARV) def. Aristotelis Thanos (MSU) 6-4, 6-2
4. Ronan Jachuck (HARV) def. Sebastien Collard (MSU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Rohan Murali (HARV) vs. Max Sheldon (MSU) 7-5, 4-2, unfinished
6. Masato Perera (HARV) def. David Saye (MSU) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles

1. 19 Cooper Williams/Daniel Milavsky (HARV) def. 65 Ozan Baris/Aristotelis Thanos (MSU) 7-5
2. Ronald Hohmann/Taym Alazmeh (MSU) def. Ronan Jachuck/Melchior Delloye (HARV) 6-4
3. Alan Yim/Masato Perera (HARV) def. Graydon Lair/Max Sheldon (MSU) 7-6 (7-4)

– MSU Athletic Communications

This article originally appeared on Lansing State Journal: Michigan State men's tennis falls to No. 12 Harvard in second round of NCAA tournament