#71 Men's Tennis Edges Portland, 4-3

Saturday, March 19

UCSB

9:00 AM

Dartmouth College

vs. Portland

Big Green End Spring Trip with Win Against East Tennessee State

3/19/2011 12:55:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — The 71st-ranked Dartmouth men's tennis team won its first outdoor match of the season on Saturday, 4-3, against Portand at UCSB. The win improved the Big Green to 8-2 and was the team's fifth consecutive victory.

Dartmouth earned the doubles point after sweeping the three doubles matches. In singles, the Big Green won three of the six matches to secure the 4-3 victory. All three of the team's wins were in straight sets. Sophomore Xander Centenari (Towson, Md.) won at second singles, 6-1, 6-2. In fourth singles, freshman Cameron Ghorbani (Lexington, Mass.) won, 7-5, 6-4 and freshman Brandon DeBot (Stevens Point, Wis.) won in sixth singles, 6-3, 6-0.

The Big Green play at Santa Barbara on Sunday at 1 p.m. pacific time.

RESULTS

Dartmouth 4 - Portland 3

Singles:
No. 1 Ferrero (Portland) d Laser: 6-3, 7-6
No. 2 Centenari d Hernandez (Portland): 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 Thorp (Portland) d Roby: 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (4)
No. 4 Ghorbani d HuKwo (Portland) 7-5, 6-4
No. 5 Gill (Portland) d Ho 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 DeBot d Guay (Portland) 6-3, 6-0

Doubles
No. 1 Greif/Roby def. Ferrero/Hernandez: 8-6
No. 2 Centenari/Laser def. HuKwo/Guay: 8-6
No. 3 De Chatellus/Ghorbani d Thorp/Wales: 8-1