Men's Tennis Drops Ivy Opener to Columbia, 6-1

April 7, 2006

Results

NEW YORK - In its Ivy opener on Friday afternoon, the Dartmouth men's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to Columbia at the Richard Savitt Tennis Center. The Big Green falls to 8-10 overall and 0-1 in the Ivy League, while the Lions improve to 11-2 on the season and 1-0 in conference play.

Columbia opened the match by sweeping all three doubles matches to take the doubles point.

In singles, the Big Green got a win from freshman Ari Gayer (Hollis, N.Y.) at No. 3. He defeated the Lions' Marty Moore, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Dartmouth will return to action on Saturday, April 8, when it travels to Ithaca, N.Y., to take on Ivy foe Cornell.

Columbia 6, Dartmouth 1

DOUBLES

1. Jimmy Moore-Marty Moore, Columbia, def. Rashaad Elder-Bush - Jeff Schechtman, Dartmouth, 8-4

2. Paul Ratchford-Scott Robbin, Columbia, def. Raji Shrestha-Ari Gayer, Dartmouth, 8-4

3. Jared Drucker-Dan Urban, Columbia, def. Travis Maiers-Steve McGaughey, Dartmouth, 8-3

SINGLES

1. Mark Clemente, Columbia, def. Jeff Schechtman, Dartmouth,7-6, 4-6, 6-3

2. Jimmy Moore, Columbia, def. Raj Shrestha, Dartmouth, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3

3. Ari Gayer, Dartmouth, def. Marty Moore, Columbia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

4. Paul Ratchford, Columbia, def. Steve McGaughey, Dartmouth, 6-7, 6-0, 7-6

5. Jared Drucker, Columbia, def. Rashaad Elder-Bush, Dartmouth, 6-3, 6-0

6. Jonathan Chan, Columbia, def. Travis Maiers, Dartmouth, 6-1, 6-1

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