Cox Wins B Flight to Lead Men's Tennis at Harvard Invite
Courtesy: Dartmouth
Release: 10/31/2009
Courtesy: Gil Talbot Kevin Cox
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Freshman Kevin Cox (Anaheim, Calif.) led the Dartmouth men's tennis team at the Harvard Invitational, winning the B Flight title this afternoon.
Cox won the flight easily with a 6-1, 6-1, straight-set win over Harvard's Tunc Kiymaz this afternoon. He reached the finals of the tournament with straight-set wins in the the first two rounds of competition.
Senior Dan Freeman (Chatsworth, Calif.) reached the finals in both singles and doubles after a win over his teammate Mike Jacobs with a 6-1, 6-2, victory. He defeated Davis Mangham of Harvard earlier in the day to meet up with Jacobs in the semifinals.
Freeman and sophomore Andrew Malizia (Chapel Hill, N.C.) teamed up to make the finals in doubles. The two defeated the Crimson's team of Mangham and Michael Hayes in a close 9-7 match. Freeman and Malizia will face another pair from Dartmouth in sophomore Chris Ho (Los Altos, Calif.) and Jacobs in the final. Ho and Jacobs made the finals with win over Brown's Jimmy Crystal and Andrew Yazmer.
The finals for the Big Green in singles and doubles begin tomorrow morning at 9 a.m.
BOX SCORES (Fri): Freeman 10/30 W Miles Garigues Brown 6-1,6-3 Roby 10/30 W Luciano Musella Brown 6-1,6-3 Malizia 10/30 L Davis Mangham Harvard 6-4,6-1 Ho 10/30 L Mike Hayes Harvard 6-7,7-6,7-5 Cox 10/30 W Ben Barad Tufts 6-3,6-2 De Chatellus 10/30 W Aba Omodele-Lucien Harvard 6-2,6-2 de Chatelus/Cox 10/30 W Bossen/Barad Tufts 8-1 de Chatelus/Cox 10/30 L Yazmer/Crystal Brown 8-6 Freeman/Malizia 10/30 W White/Nieman Brandeis 8-4 Ho/Jacobs 10/30 W Bossen/Barad Tufts 8-1
BOX SCORES (Sat): Freeman 10/31 W Mangham Harvard 6-2,6-0 Jacobs 10/31 W Kailaheimo Stonybrook 1-6,6-2 (9) Roby 10/31 L Hayes Harvard 7-6,6-3 De Chatellus 10/31 L Yazmer Brown 7-6, (4) 6-2 Cox 10/31 W Hamamsly MIT 7-5,6-2 Freeman 10/31 W Jacobs Dartmouth 6-1,6-2 Jacobs 10/31 L Freeman Dartmouth 6-1,6-2 Malizia 10/31 W Garrigues Brown 2-6,6-1 (2) Malizia 10/31 L Crystal Brown 6-3,7-5 Ho 10/31 L Musella Brown 4-6,7-6,1-0 Cox 10/31 W Kiymaz Harvard 6-1,6-1 Ho/Jacobs 10/31 W Yazmer/Crystal Brown 8-2 Freeman/Malizia 10/31 W Hayes/Mangham Harvard 9-7 Roby 10/31 L Kallahelmo Stonybrook 4-6,6-4 De Chatellus 10/31 W Garrigues Harvard 6-4,7-6