Men's Tennis Caps Spring Trip With Win Over Santa Barbara

Sunday, March 25

Santa Barbara, Calif.

12:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

UC Santa Barbara

Men's Tennis Caps Spring Trip With Win Over Santa Barbara

3/25/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

Santa Barbara, Calif. - The Dartmouth men's tennis team won its third-straight match this afternoon, downing the University of California-Santa Barbara. The Big Green improved to 14-3 overall and with a 3-2 mark during the past eight days, clinched its first winning record on a spring trip since 2001 when the team went 3-1.

The Green started off with a key win at the #3 doubles spot with Ari Gayer combining with freshman Andy Kim for the win. UCSB evened the doubles score at 1-1 with a win at #2 doubles. After 1 hour and 55 minutes, an epic victory at #1 doubles was grasped by David Waslen and Daniel Freeman for the Green. Having played approximately 26 break points Waslen floated a shot through the middle once again proving the old doubles adage "down the middle solves the riddle,” to clinch the match.

In singles, the solid play of senior Steven McGaughey and Gayer gave Dartmouth straight set wins at the #5 and #6 slots and a solid 3-0 lead in the team score. Waslen fought back to gain a tie break in the second set, but was not able to convert at #1 singles, giving UCSB its first team point. Jeffrey Schechtman did the same, losing the second set breaker bring UCSB back to 2-3, but that was all they would get.

Daniel Freeman was not to be denied, winning his first set in a tie break and closing out the team match with a solid 6-3 victory in the second set. That put Dartmouth over the top and with the fourth point, but Justin Tzou added an exclamation point with his win at #4 singles for the 5-2 Dartmouth victory.

The next match will be home on Friday vs. Williams College at 3:00 p.m.

Doubles

1. David Waslen/Daniel Freeman (D) def. Hajazi/Hui (SB), 8-6

2. Dalskoy/Robertson (SB) def. Jeffrey Schechtman/Steven McGaughey (D) 8-4

3. Ari Gayer/Andy Kim (D) def. Finkelstein/Barton (SB), 8-4

Singles

1. Bijan Hujazi (SB) def. David Waslen (D) 6-2, 7-6

2. Daniel Freeman (D) def. Andres Dalstoy (SB) 7-6, 6-3

3. Philip Thaerp (SB) def. Jeffrey Schechtman (D) 6-3, 7-6

4. Justin Tzou (D) def. Jon Finkelsteion (SB) 7-6, 7-6

5. Steven McGaughey (D) def. Negeil Barton (SB) 6-3, 6-3

6. Ari Gayer (D) def. Max Taylor (SB) 6-2, 6-2