Speicher and Widdecombe Play Well in ITA Regional Qualifying Matches

Thursday, October 17

Philadelphia, Pa.

TBA

Dartmouth College

Regionals (Day One)

John Speicher Tennis action at 2019 Invitational

Junior John Speicher

Photo by: Doug Austin

Speicher and Widdecombe Play Well in ITA Regional Qualifying Matches

10/17/2019 7:21:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Charlotte Brackett

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Dartmouth men's tennis players Pierce Widdecombe and John Speicher won all of their singles matches in the qualifying round of the ITA Northeast Regional on Thursday.

Widdecombe first took down Merrimack's Johnathon Garcia, 6-3, 6-0, before defeating Rohan Sikka of Cornell, 6-4, 6-3.

Speicher took on Allistair Magalit of Quinnipiac, dropping his first set, 6-0, before coming back to win, 6-3, 11-9 in the tiebreak. In his second match against Harvard's Galen Lee, the Big Green junior easily won by scores of 6-4, 6-2.

Dartmouth will begin the main draw on Friday.

Widdecombe (Dartmouth) def. Garcia (Merrimack), 6-3, 6-0
Widdecombe (Dartmouth) def. Sikka (Cornell), 6-4, 6-3
Speicher (Dartmouth) def. Magalit (Quinnipiac), 0-6, 6-3, 11-9
Speicher (Dartmouth) def. Lee (Harvard), 6-4, 6-2