No. 53 Penn State Defeats No. 41 Big Green

Sunday, January 24

Hanover, N.H.

11:00 AM

Dartmouth College

Penn State

Glasnovic and Schmidt Advance to Singles Main Draw

1/24/2016 3:43:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

HANOVER, N.H. – The No. 41 Dartmouth men's tennis team fell to No. 53 Penn State, 4-2, at the Boss Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon. The Green dipped to 3-1, while the Nittany Lions improved to 2-0.

“This was a hard-fought college match across the board,” head coach Chris Drake said. “I thought both teams competed extremely well. Hats off to Penn State; they executed very well in the biggest moments of the match.”

Freshman Roko Glasnovic and junior Max Schmidt picked up the lone doubles win at the No. 2 position, defeating Leonard Stakhovsky and Constant De La Bassetiere by a score of 6-2.

At No. 2 singles, sophomore Ciro Riccardi had a 6-2, 6-1 win over No. 120 Aws Laaribi and, at the No. 4 position, fellow sophomore Max Fliegner defeated No. 99 Matt Barry, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Junior George Wall looked to get another point for Dartmouth after falling in the first set to Tomas Hanzlik, 3-6, and picking up the second set, 6-4, but the two were tied at 4-4 when Penn State got its fourth point and the match was suspended.

Next weekend, the Big Green will host No. 35 Drake and No. 37 Tulane.

1 – Lutschaunig/Kohan (PSU) def. Sakinis/Tannenbaum (Dartmouth), 6-4
2 – Glasnovic/Schmidt (Dartmouth) def. Stakhovsky/De La Bassetiere (PSU), 6-2
3 – Laaribi/Barry (PSU) def. Wall/Fliegner (Dartmouth), 6-3

1 – Stakhovsky (PSU) def. No. 18 Sakinis (Dartmouth), 3-6, 7-6, 6-3
2 – Riccardi (Dartmouth) def. No. 120 Laaribi (PSU), 6-2, 6-1
3 – De La Bassetiere (PSU) def. Tannenbaum (Dartmouth), 7-6, 6-4
4 – Fliegner (Dartmouth) def. No. 99 Barry (PSU), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
5 – Wall (Dartmouth) vs. Hanzlik (PSU), 3-6, 6-4, 4-4, DNF
6 – B. Lieb (PSU) def. Schmidt (Dartmouth), 4-6, 6-3, 7-6