Men's Tennis Comeback Falls Short against Harvard

Wednesday, April 20

Hanover, N.H.

4:00 PM

Dartmouth College

HARVARD

Two Doubles Teams Continue on at ITA Regionals

Men's Tennis Comeback Falls Short against Harvard

4/21/2011 7:24:00 AM | Men's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

HANOVER, N.H. — The Dartmouth men's tennis team nearly pulled off another dramatic comeback but fell just short against Harvard on Wednesday in a 4-3 loss at the Boss Tennis Center. The loss dropped the Big Green to 13-7 overall and 4-3 in the Ivy League.

Dartmouth swept all three doubles matches to gain a 1-0 advantage. Sophomore Xander Centenari (Towson, Md.) pushed the lead to 2-0 with a 6-1, 6-0 beating of his opponent at second singles. Harvard got back on the board with a win at first singles. The match would go back and forth for another two hours with the total match time being close to five hours long.

Harvard would take a 3-2 lead with three set wins at fifth and sixth singles. Junior Chris Ho (Los Altos, Calif.) evened the score at 3-3 with a tremendous comeback against his giant serving Harvard opponent. Senior Curtis Roby (New York, N.Y.) was down 4-1 in the third before fighting his way back to even the score at 4-4. However, despite a courageous effort from Roby, Harvard's Alistair Felton won 6-4 in the third to give Harvard the win.

It marked senior day for three departing Big Green athletes: Roby, Stephen Greif (San Antonio, Texas) and Bryan Song (Hoover, Ala.). Dartmouth ends the season tied for third place in the conference.

RESULTS

Dartmouth 3 - Harvard 4

Singles:
No. 1 Pearlman (Harvard) d. Laser (Dartmouth): 6-2, 6-0
No. 2 Centenari (Dartmouth) d. Omodele-Lucien (Harvard): 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 Felton (Harvard) d. Roby (Dartmouth): 7-6, 6-7, 6-4
No. 4 Ho (Dartmouth) d. MacMaster: 6-7, 7-6, 6-4
No. 5 Nguyen (Harvard) d. Greif (Dartmouth): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 Tchan (Harvard) d. DeBot (Dartmouth): 6-4, 2-6, 6-3

Doubles:
No. 1 Centenari/Laser (Dartmouth) d. MacMaster/Omodele-Lucien (Harvard) 9-8
No. 2 Roby/Greif (Dartmouth) d Felton/Nguyen (Harvard): 8-6
No. 3 De Chatellus/Ghorbani (Dartmouth) d Tchan/Pearlman (Harvard): 8-6