Men's Tennis Defeats #46 Cornell, 4-2

Saturday, April 5

Ithaca, N.Y.

1:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Cornell

4/5/2014 10:59:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

ITHACA, N.Y. - The Dartmouth men's tennis team picked up against #46 Cornell, as the Big Green won four singles matches on Saturday afternoon.

In doubles, the Big Green lost the point after serving for the match at both #2 and #3. The team of Dovydas Sakinis / Brandon DeBot at #2 pulled out the win for the Big Green, 8-7.

The Big Green went into singles play trailing, 1-0 and tied the score as George Wall won at #6 singles 6-3, 6-4. The team fell behind, 2-1 when Sam Fleck defeated Sakinis 7-6, 7-5 at #1 singles. DeBot evened the score with a 7-6, 7-5 win. DeBot was down 4-0 in the first set before storming back for the win. Cameron Ghorbani won 6-4, 7-6 to put the Green and White ahead, 3-2.

In the second flight, Chris Kipouras picked up his a big win for the Big Green, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7).

The Big Green will conclude the weekend on Sunday at Columbia.

Doubles:
No. 1 - Luu / Nguyen (Cor.) def. Cameron Ghorbani / Brendan Tannenbaum, 8-5
No. 2 – Dovydas Sakinis / Brandon DeBot (Dart) def. Fleck / Vrabel (Cor.), 8-7
No. 3 - Casares / Sinclair (Cor.) def. Diego Pedraza / Chris Kipouras, 8-7

Singles:

No. 1 - Fleck (Cor.) def. Dovydas Sakinis (Dart), 7-6, 7-5
No. 2 – Chris Kipouras (Dart) def. Casares (Cor.), 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7)
No. 3 – Brandon DeBot (Dart) def. Vinti (Cor.), 7-6, 7-5
No. 4. – Diego Pedraza (Dart) unf. Sidney (Cor.), 6-7, 7-6 (8), 1-3
No. 5 – Cameron Ghorbani (Dart) def. Luu (Cor.), 6-4, 7-6
No. 6 – George Wall (Dart) def.Vrabel (Cor.), 6-3, 6-4