Columbia Tops Dartmouth in Ivy Opener

Friday, April 6

Hanover, N.H.

3:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

Columbia

4/6/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

Hanover, N.H. - The Dartmouth men's tennis team's first Ivy League match of the season was closer than the 6-1 score indicated, as the top three singles matches each came down a tight third set and the sixth to a tiebreaker. The Big Green drops to 15-4 (0-1 Ivy) with the loss.

The doubles point is always crucial and slipped away for the Green despite a valiant comeback win by the No. 1 team of David Waslen and Steven McGaughey. Jeffrey Schechtman and Daniel Freeman had three breaks at No. 2, but could not hold on to win the point.

In singles, Dartmouth played very strong matches at one, two, three and six, but was only able to pull out the top spot with Waslen winning 6-4 in the third set.

Tomorrow the Dartmouth men face Cornell at 2:00 p.m. at the Boss Tennis Center and Gordon Pavilion.

Columbia 6 ? Dartmouth 1

(April 6, 2007; Hanover, N.H.)

Doubles

1. David Waslen/Steve McGaughey (D) def. Marty Moore/Paul Ratchford (C), 9-8 (6)
2. Jared Drucker/Justin Chow (C) def. Jeffrey Schectman/Daniel Freeman (D), 8-6
3. Mark Clemente/Jonathan Wong (C) def. Ari Gayer/Andy Kim (D) 8-1

Singles
1. David Waslen (D) def. Mark Clemente (C) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
2. Jared Drucker (C) def. Daniel Freeman (D) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
3. Marty Moore (C) def. Jeffrey Schechtman (D) 7-6, 3-6, 6-1
4. Jonathan Wong (C) def. Steven McGaughey (D) 6-2, 6-4
5. Paul Ratchford (C) def. Justin Tzou (D) 6-1, 6-0
6. Justin Chow (C) def. Ari Gayer (D) 6-7, 7-5 (3)