PRINCETON, N.J. – Dartmouth men's tennis opened play at the Ivy Plus Tournament on Friday, competing at both Yale and Princeton.
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The invite includes players from Alabama, Brown, Buffalo, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Illinois LSU, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Penn, Princeton, St. John's, Texas, Tulsa, Wisconsin and Yale.
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At Yale, the Big Green won three matches. Freshmen
Sid Chari and
Sacha Pritzker walked away with victories over their opponents from Penn and Brown, respectively. In the doubles quarterfinal, senior
Roko Glasnovic paired up with freshman
Pierce Widdecombe to take down Penn's Aleks Huryn and Kaden Funk, 8-5.
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Over at Princeton, Dartmouth had six wins throughout the day. Sophomore
Peter Conklin had a good day, winning his singles match before taking down doubles teams from Tulsa and Michigan State alongside classmate
Casey Ross. Junior
Charlie Broom took his match against No. 3 Mazen Osama of Alabama to three sets and had two match points before falling. Broom and fellow junior
David Horneffer had an 8-4 victory over a pair from LSU.
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The tournament will continue on Saturday morning.
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YALE
Chari (Dartmouth) def. Smithline (Penn), 6-1, 6-4
Pritzker (Dartmouth) def. Bader (Brown), 6-4, 6-1
Zoske (Harvard) def. Widdecombe (Dartmouth), 6-1, 6-2
Koelle (Harvard) def. Glasnovic (Dartmouth), 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
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Quarterfinals
Glasnovic/Widdecombe (Dartmouth) def. Huryn/Funk (Penn), 8-5
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Round of 16
Van Eck/Arocho (Brown) def. Chari/Pritzker (Dartmouth), 8-6
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PRINCETON
Wrzesinski (Harvard) def. Horneffer (Dartmouth), 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Martin (Dartmouth) def. Zhu (Penn), 5-7, 6-2, 7-5
Conklin (Dartmouth) def. Dean (Nebraska), 6-3, 6-1
Vashistha (St Johns) def. Speicher (Dartmouth), 6-4, 6-2
Moreno (LSU) def. Ross (Dartmouth), 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 Osama (Alabama) def. Broom (Dartmouth), 6-1, 2-6, 7-6Â Â Â
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Thomas/Wagner (LSU) def. Broom/Horneffer (Dartmouth), 8-6
Broom/Horneffer (Dartmouth) def. Lin/Pearson (Tulsa), 8-4
Ross/Conklin (Dartmouth) def. Winkler/Wong (Michigan St.), 8-7
Ross/Conklin (Dartmouth) def. Budic (Illinois)/Huang (Texas), 8-3
Martin/Speicher (Dartmouth) def. Hansen/Rimondini (Cornell), 8-4
Martin/Speicher (Dartmouth) def. Barki/Duo (Princeton), 8-4