Big Green Conclude ECAC Champs in Fifth Place

Sunday, February 14

Princeton, N.J.

9:00 AM

Dartmouth College

St. John's

Glasnovic and Schmidt Advance to Singles Main Draw

Big Green Conclude ECAC Champs in Fifth Place

2/14/2016 5:43:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

PRINCETON, N.J. – The No. 34 Dartmouth men's tennis team claimed fifth at the 2016 ECAC Indoor Championship on Sunday with a 4-1 victory over St. John's.

The Big Green are now 7-4 on the season, while the Red Storm fell to 8-3.

"It was a great effort by the entire team today after a late match last night and an early start today," head coach Chris Drake said. "St. John's is a very good team and they came at us hard at the beginning of both doubles and singles. We did a nice job finishing a few matches in straight sets and also coming back after dropping some first sets on other courts. This was a good end to the weekend."

Victories at the No. 1 and 2 doubles positions gave Dartmouth an early lead. At No. 1, senior Dovydas Sakinis and freshman Roko Glasnovic took down Vaidik Munshaw and Lucas Hehjal, 6-4, while junior George Wall and senior Brendan Tannenbaum defeated Daniel Skripnik and Roberto Livi, 7-5, at No. 2.

In singles action, sophomore Ciro Riccardi had a 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-2 victory over Hehjal – who is 92nd in the most recent ITA national rankings – at the No. 2 position, while classmate Max Fliegner won against Livi at No. 3, 7-6(5), 6-4. At the No. 6 position, freshman Eddie Grabill had a 6-4, 6-2 defeat of Nunez.

On Friday, Feb. 19, the Big Green will return to the Boss Tennis Center to host No. 23 Minnesota.

1 – No. 49 Sakinis/Glasnovic (Dartmouth) def. Munshaw/Hehjal (SJ), 6-4
2 – Wall/Tannenbaum (Dartmouth) def. Skripnik/R. Livi (SJ), 7-5
3 – Fliegner/Schmidt (Dartmouth) vs. Every/Nunez (SJ), 5-5, DNF

1 – No. 50 Sakinis (Dartmouth) vs. Skripnik (SJ), 4-6, 7-5, 2-3, DNF
2 – Riccardi (Dartmouth) def. No. 92 Hehjal (SJ), 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-2
3 – Fliegner (Dartmouth) def. R. Livi (SJ), 7-6(5), 6-4
4 – Munshaw (SJ) def. Wall (Dartmouth), 6-3, 6-1
5 – Schmidt (Dartmouth) vs. Crapcenko (SJ), 6-7(5), 5-3, DNF
6 – Grabill (Dartmouth) def. Nunez (SJ), 6-4, 6-2