Men's Tennis Places Three in Singles Quarterfinals

Friday, September 26

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

All Day

Dartmouth College

Day One

Men's Tennis Places Three in Singles Quarterfinals

9/26/2014 8:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – After opening the fall portion of its season last weekend at the Farnsworth Ivy Plus Tournament at Princeton, the Dartmouth men's tennis team headed south to Alabama for the Crimson Tide Four-In-The-Fall Tournament. On the first day of action on Friday, the Big Green went 5-3, going 2-2 in doubles and 3-1 in singles.

“I saw progress today,” said assistant coach Tom Boysen. “What impressed me was our ability to compete and fight at a high level while not losing sight of our goals for the fall season.”

Sophomore Max Schmidt went undefeated on the first day of action, winning his doubles match against host Alabama alongside fellow sophomore Diego Pedraza before defeating his opponent from South Alabama in singles.

“In doubles, we continued to improve in many of the areas that we are working on in our practices,” continued Boysen. “Some of these things are starting to become second nature. In singles, we went 2-0 in matches that went to a deciding third set, even saving match points in one of them. We played our most intelligent and best tennis at the most critical times.”

The Big Green returns to the courts tomorrow morning for the final day of the Tournament.

Sean Donohue and Stuart Kenyon (Alabama) def. Ciro Riccardi and George Wall (Dartmouth), 8-5
Ciro Riccardi and George Wall (Dartmouth) def. Trey Carter and Liam Sullivan (Samford), 8-3
Max Schmidt and Diego Pedraza (Dartmouth) def. Danny Kerzneman and Nikko Madregallejo (Alabama), 8-3
Jake Albo and Jose Gracia (Florida State) def. Max Schmidt and Diego Pedraza (Dartmouth), 8-6
Diego Pedraza (Dartmouth) def. Fares Kilani (Samford), 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
Ciro Riccardi (Dartmouth) def. Christian Coetzee (UAB), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Jake Albo (Florida State) def. George Wall (Dartmouth), 6-4, 6-1
Max Schmidt (Dartmouth) def. Juan Troglia (South Alabama), 6-3, 6-3