Big Green Men's Tennis Closes Out 2009 Season with Loss to Harvard

Wednesday, April 22

Hanover, N.H.

3:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

HARVARD

Men?s Tennis Wraps Up Big Green Invitational

Big Green Men's Tennis Closes Out 2009 Season with Loss to Harvard

4/23/2009 8:45:00 AM | Men's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

HANOVER, N.H. - The Dartmouth men's tennis team started strong again yesterday with a solid doubles performance from sophomore Curtis Roby (New York, N.Y.) and senior captain Ari Gayer (Hollis, N.Y.) at the No. 2 spot and junior Justin Tzou (Cupertino, Calif.) and junior Dan Freeman (Chatsworth, Calif.) at No 3, but the Big Green couldn't hold on in singles and lost 6-1 to Harvard.

The singles did not fare so well with Freeman cramping at 6-6 in the first set and having to retire. Both Tzou and Gayer played great second sets, but not quite good enough to bring home a singles victory as the Crimson defeated the Big Green in the season finale.

“This was a young team that made lots of improvement over the course of the season,” said head coach Chuck Kinyon. “For those that got to see us play this season I believe were impressed with their competitiveness and high level of play. We will miss our captain, Ari Gayer ?09, who will graduate this June with a degree in economics.

	Doubles		Winner	Score
1.	Michael Laser Stephen Greif	Clayton Chijoff-Evans	H	8-2
2.	Curtis Roby Ari Gayer	Ermakov Omodele-Lucien	D	8-6
3.	Dan Freeman Justin Tzou	Hayes Kalfayan	D	8-6
	Singles
1.	Dan Freeman	Clayton	H	6-6 Retired
2.	Stephen Greif	Chijoff-Evans	H	6-4, 6-4
3.	Curtis Roby	Ermakov	H	6-3, 6-2
4.	Justin Tzou	Omodele-Lucien	H	6-3, 7-6
5.	Ari Gayer	Mangham	H	6-3, 1-6 (7)
6.	Michael Laser	Felton	H	6-2, 6-3