Men's Tennis Breaks Through with Win Over Army

Sunday, February 8

Hanover, N.H.

11:00 a.m.

Dartmouth College

Army

Men's Tennis Breaks Through with Win Over Army

2/8/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

HANOVER, N.H. ? The Dartmouth men's tennis team earned its first win of the season as the Big Green swept all matches to defeat Army, 7-0, on Sunday at the Boss Tennis Center.

The new combinations sophomore Stephen Greif (San Antonio, Texas) and junior Daniel Freeman (Chatsworth, Calif.) at No. 2 doubles and junior Justin Tzou (Cupertino, Calif.) and freshman Andrew Malizia (Chapel Hill, N.C.) seemed to help the Big Green as they were both victorious by 8-6 scores.

The Green showed great strength at the top of the line-up today with Freeman leading the way with a crushing 6-1,6-0, win at No. 1 singles. Sophomore Curtis Roby (New York, N.Y.) won his third match of the weekend in No. 2 singles and Tzou followed suit with a solid straight-set victory to give Dartmouth a 4-0 lead.

Greif fought off a late break to win his first set in a breaker and a solid 6-4 second set, while Malizia and freshman Michael Laser (Glencoe, Ill.) were both clutch in their matches finishing the 7-0 sweep of the Cadets.

Dartmouth will be back in action this coming weekend at Harvard for the ECAC Tournament, beginning on Friday and going through until Sunday.

TEAM DUAL MATCH TENNIS SCORE SHEET

Dartmouth vs. Army

Doubles Winner Score

1 Ari Gayer Muhawi
Curtis Roby Lucero A 8-4

2 Daniel Freeman Harris
Stephen Greif Van Velzer D 8-6

3 Justin Tzou Girdley
Andrew Malizia Albornoz D 8-6

Singles Winner Score

1. Daniel Freeman Muhawi D 6-1,6-0
2. Curtis Roby Girdley D 6-1,6-3
3. Justin Tzou Harris D 6-3,6-2
4. Stephen Greif Van Velzer D 7-6,6-4
5. Michael Laser Albornoz D 7-5,6-4
6. Andrew Malizia Williams D 7-6,4-6 (7)

FINAL SCORE
Dartmouth 7 Army 0