Men's Tennis Ends Season with Tough Loss to Harvard

Wednesday, April 25

Hanover, N.H.

3:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

Harvard

Men's Tennis Ends Season with Tough Loss to Harvard

4/25/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

Hanover, N.H. - The Dartmouth men's team lost a hard-fought battle to Ivy rival Harvard, 4-3 at home this afternoon, ending the season with a 16-10 overall record, 1-6 Ivy.

Seniors David Waslen and Steven McGaughey started their last match out with a big win over the Crimson at No. 1 doubles. Harvard managed to win the other doubles matches, however, to take a 1-0 lead in the match.

The Big Green faced a tall order in singles play and managed to split with the Crimson, but the doubles point proved decisive in Harvard earning the win. Freshman #2 player, Daniel Freeman got a big win in straight sets over an always tough Dan Nguyen. Justin Tzou continued his Ivy win streak with a straight set win, but the most exciting match was McGaughey's come from behind win over Ashwin Kumar at No. 4 singles. Down a break 2-5 in the third set, the savvy senior held, broke and held to get into a tie break for the match. He handled the pressure well to pull out the 7-3 win

Today marked Waslen and McGaughey's last time playing for the Green and White.

Doubles

1. David Waslen/Steven McGaughey (D) def. Kumar/Ermakov (H), 8-4

2. Vlakin/Hayes (H) def. Jeffrey Schechtman/Daniel Freeman (D), 8-5

3. Nguyen/Burke (H) def. Justin Tzou/Jeffrey Friedman (D), 8-4

Singles

1. Clayton (H) def. Waslen (D), 6-1,6-4

2. Freeman (D) def. Nguyen(D), 6-4,6-3

3. Valkin (H) def. Schechtman (D), 6-1,6-2

4. McGaughey (D) def. Kumar (H), 4-6,6-3,7-6 (3)

5. Ermakov (H) def. Ari Gayer (D), 6-1,6-4

6. Tzou (D) def. Hayes(H), 6-3,6-4