Junior Alexei Chijoff-Evans, shown here in earlier action, won both his singles matches this weekend as the Harvard men’s tennis team recovered from a disappointing start to conference play with a pair of Ivy wins.weekend.

This weekend, Harvard men’s tennis was done messing around.

After unanticipated losses to Cornell and Columbia last weekend, the Crimson reasserted itself with two consecutive wins.

Harvard (11-10, 2-2 Ivy) won a tight 5-2 match over Princeton (8-11, 4-1) on Friday, gaining momentum for Saturday’s 7-0 pounding of the University of Pennsylvania (11-8, 1-4).

“Coming into this weekend, it was difficult at first since we lost to Columbia and Cornell,” junior Alexei Chijoff-Evans said. “[Wins like these] should be our results against Ivy League teams. I’m most proud of the guys coming back and rebounding so well.”

HARVARD 7, PENN 0

Riding a strong victory from Friday, Harvard crushed the Quakers on Saturday by a score of 7-0. The match was played indoors due to wind.

The opening doubles play proved to be the most contested part of the match. After junior Aba Omodele-Lucien and freshman Christo Schultz teamed up to win the No. 1 match, 8-5, freshmen Will MacNamee and Joshua Tchan fell 8-6 at No. 3.

“[Penn] was better in the doubles than I anticipated,” said head coach Dave Fish ’72. “We were kind of sluggish.”

After a 7-7 tie in the deciding No. 2 match, the Crimson pairing of junior Alistair Felton and freshman Andy Nguyen finally took control, winning 9-7 and securing the first point of the day for Harvard.

Singles was a much easier fight. Chijoff-Evans pulled off a fast victory at No. 1, and Schultz and Felton followed at No. 5 and No. 6, respectively, giving the Crimson four points and the win.

“Lex hadn’t played doubles, so he could pour all his energy into the singles,” Fish said. “Christo’s coming on, getting better.”

Chijoff-Evans won 6-2, 6-3, while Schultz posted a 6-3, 6-2 score. Felton dropped the middle set in a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 victory.

In the three remaining matches, No. 4 Nguyen, No. 3 Omodele-Lucien, and No. 2 Tchan finished up their victories to complete the sweep.

Tchan finished in a super-tiebreaker, 6-1, 4-6, 13-11, as did Omodele Lucien, who won 7-6, 2-6, 10-6. Nguyen came back from a set down to win 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

The match displayed more lineup shifts, with Tchan playing higher than he has played all this year at No. 2, and Felton as low as he has played all year at No. 6.