Big Green Win All Five Singles Matches to Start Main Draw

Friday, October 18

Philadelphia, Pa.

TBA

Dartmouth College

Regionals (Day Two)

Alejandro Quiles Tennis action at 2019 Invitational

Freshman Alejandro Quiles

Photo by: Doug Austin

Big Green Win All Five Singles Matches to Start Main Draw

10/18/2019 6:18:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Charlotte Brackett

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Dartmouth men's tennis team went 6-1 on the first day of the ITA Northeast Regional Championship at Penn on Friday, winning all of its singles matches.

In doubles action, juniors Peter Conklin and Dan Martin had an 8-1 win over their opponents from St. John's. Freshmen Anders Gibbons and Alejandro Quiles kept it very close, but ultimately fell to a pair from Buffalo by a score of 8-7.

Junior John Speicher faced Sanil Jagtiani of Drexel, winning the match, 7-6(7), 6-1, while Gibbons had a three-set victory over his opponent from Marist, dropping the first set, 6-4, before coming back to win the remaining two, 6-3, 6-4.

Quiles had a 7-6, 6-1 defeat of Lehigh's Harry Wang, while senior David Horneffer took down a player from Hofstra by scores of 6-4, 7-5 and sophomore Pierce Widdecombe had a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Hans Ohrner of Wagner.

The Big Green will be back for day two of regionals on Saturday.

Conklin/Martin (Dartmouth) def. Opacic/Vashistha (St. John's), 8-1
Johnson/Koay (Buffalo) def. Gibbons/Quiles (Dartmouth), 8-7

Speicher (Dartmouth) def. Jagtiani (Drexel), 7-6(7), 6-1
Gibbons (Dartmouth) def. Schouten (Marist), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Quiles (Dartmouth) def. Wang (Lehigh), 7-6, 6-1
Horneffer (Dartmouth) def. Jackson (Hofstra), 6-4, 7-5
Widdecombe (Dartmouth) def. Ohrer (Wagner), 6-3, 6-4