No. 51 Men's Tennis Falls to No. 46 Minnesota

Friday, January 30

Minneapolis, Minn.

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Minnesota

No. 51 Men's Tennis Falls to No. 46 Minnesota

1/30/2015 10:01:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Playing on the road for the first time since the season started two weeks ago, No. 51 Dartmouth was defeated by No. 46 Minnesota, 6-1, on Friday evening. The Big Green dipped to 3-2, while the Golden Gophers improved to 5-1.

Dartmouth's lone point came at No. 3 singles, when sophomore Diego Pedraza had a 7-5, 6-4 win over Ruben Weber.

The No. 22-ranked duo of senior Chris Kipouras and junior Dovydas Sakinis defeated Jack Hamburg and Mathieu Froment in the top spot by a score of 5-3, but the other two Dartmouth doubles teams were defeated by their Golden Gopher opponents, giving Minnesota a one-point lead heading into singles.

Sakinis' match against No. 17 Leandro Toledo went to three sets, with the Big Green junior winning the first by a score of 6-3, but Toledo was able to take the final two, 7-5, 6-1, to secure the match. Freshman Max Fliegner also fell in three, winning the middle set, 6-4, and dropping the first and third, 7-5, 6-1.

Dartmouth returns to action on Sunday, Feb. 1 when it faces No. 38 Drake at 11 a.m.

#1 – No. 22 Kipouras and Sakinis (Dartmouth) def. Hamburg and Froment (Minnesota), 5-3
#2 – No. 58 Corwin and Toledo (Minnesota) def. Agarwal and Tannenbaum (Dartmouth), 6-2
#3 – Spec and Frueh (Minnesota) def. Pedraza and Riccardi (Dartmouth), 6-3

#1 – No.17 Toledo (Minnesota) def. Sakinis (Dartmouth), 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
#2 – Hamburg (Minnesota) def. Kipouras (Dartmouth), 6-3, 6-4
#3 – Pedraza (Dartmouth) def. Weber (Minnesota), 7-5, 6-4
#4 – No. 117 Corwin (Minnesota) def. Tannenbaum (Dartmouth), 7-6, 7-5
#5 – No. 107 Spec (Minnesota) def. Riccardi (Dartmouth), 6-3, 6-4
#6 – Frueh (Minnesota) def. Fliegner (Dartmouth), 7-5, 4-6, 6-1