Men's Tennis Opens Ivy Season with Win Over Columbia

Friday, April 1

Hanover, N.H.

3:00 PM

Dartmouth College

COLUMBIA

Men's Tennis Opens Ivy Season with Win Over Columbia

4/1/2011 10:45:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

HANOVER, N.H. — The Dartmouth men's tennis team defeated the two-time defending Ivy League champion Columbia, 5-2, at the Boss Tennis Center on Friday. The win improved the Big Green to 10-4 overall and 1-0 in the Ivy League.

After dropping a very competitive doubles point that came down to a tiebreaker at first doubles, Dartmouth seized the momentum by winning all six first sets in singles. The team never relented on its way to clinching the match with four straight set singles wins.

The Big Green host the Cornell Big Red on Saturday at 2 p.m. With a national ranking of #49, Cornell is currently the highest ranked Ivy League team. They are also 1-0 in league play after a 4-3 win over Harvard.

RESULTS

Dartmouth 5 - Columbia 2

Singles:
No. 1 Schneiderman (Columbia) d. Laser: 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
No. 2 Centenari d Kung (Columbia): 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 Roby d C. Bucher (Columbia): 6-3, 6-0
No. 4 Ghorbani d Gery (Columbia): 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 DeBot d Yetimoglu (Columbia): 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
No. 6 Ho d T. Bucher (Columbia): 6-4, 6-2

Doubles:
No. 1 Kung/Gery (Columbia) d Roby/Greif: 9-8 (5)
No. 2 Laser/Centenari d Bucher/Bucher (Columbia): 8-1
No. 3 Schneiderman/Deb-Sen (Columbia)d De Chatellus/Ghorbani: 8-6