Dartmouth Men's Tennis Downs Division III National Champion Middlebury, 5-2

April 1, 2005

HANOVER, N.H. -- The defending Division III national champion Middlebury men's tennis team came to Hanover to challenge the Big Green, but Dartmouth proved too powerful and came away with a 5-2 victory on Thursday evening at the Boss Tennis Center.

Wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 spots helped the Big Green take the doubles point. In singles, senior co-captain Dave Webb (Toronto, Ont.) knocked off Middlebury's top gun, 6-4, 6-2. Fellow co-captain Andres Reyes (Lexington, Mass), senior Priya Sahu (Athens, Ala.) and sophomore Travis Maiers (Atlanta, Ga.) all brought home victories to lift the Green to the 5-2 triumph.

Dartmouth is now 8-7 on the season and will open its Ivy League schedule on Friday, April 8 with a home match against Columbia at 3:00 p.m. The Big Green will battle the Big Red of Cornell on Saturday, April 9 at 12:00 noon before hitting the road for conference tussles with Princeton, Penn and Brown during the following two weekends.

Doubles

1. Andres Reyes/Dave Webb (D) def. Bergesen/Mayer, 8-2

2. Beilin/Scott (M) def. Mark Brodie/Jeff Schechtman (D), 8-3

3. Priya Sahu/Logan West (D) def. Edmunds/Waldron (M), 8-5

Singles

1. Dave Webb (D) def. Waldron (M), 6-4, 6-2

2. Beilin (M) def. Jeff Schechtman (D), 6-0, 2-6, 6-1

3. Edmunds (M) def. Mark Brodie (D), 7-5, 6-2

4. Andres Reyes (D) def. Mayer (M), 6-3, 6-3

5. Priya Sahu (D) def. Unsal (M), 6-4, 5-7, 5-0 ret

6. Travis Maiers (D) def. Scott (M) 6-2, 6-2

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