Dartmouth Goes 1-1 to End Home Weekend

Saturday, February 23

Hanover, N.H.

12:30 PM

Dartmouth College

Wichita State

Freshman Pierce Widdecombe

Photo by: Carey Heckman

2/23/2019 11:13:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

By: Charlotte Brackett

HANOVER, N.H. – No. 28 Dartmouth men's tennis had a 1-1 day at the Boss Tennis Center on Saturday, falling to Wichita State, 4-2, before defeating Boston University by a score of 6-1. The Big Green are now 7-5 overall this season.

Wichita State
To start the day, the Big Green fell to the Shockers.

"Credit to Wichita State," head coach Chris Drake said. "They outplayed us today and they have a good team. We need to do a better job with our body language throughout the match and particularly when things aren't going our way. We will learn from it."

Dartmouth took the first point following victories at the No. 2 and 3 doubles positions. Sophomores Peter Conklin and Casey Ross won at the No. 2 spot, 6-3, while classmates Dan Martin and John Speicher had a 6-4 win at the No. 3 position.

With the Green up by one, the Shockers tied it up with a win by retirement at No. 3 singles. Conklin put Dartmouth ahead once again when he defeated Eddie Stoica, 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 4 position, but three straight Wichita State victories gave the visitors the match.

1) No. 19 Broom/Horneffer (Dartmouth) vs. Dellien/Stoica (Wichita), 5-4, DNF
2) Conklin/Ross (Dartmouth) def. Frosa/Caligiana (Wichita), 6-3
3) Martin/Speicher (Dartmouth) def. Inoue/Latinovic (Wichita), 6-4
Order of finish: 2,3

1) No. 34 Broom (Dartmouth) vs. Inoue (Wichita), 6-7, 4-2, DNF
2) Dellien (Wichita) def. Martin (Dartmouth), 6-3, 7-5
3) Frosa (Wichita) def. Horneffer (Dartmouth), 5-4, retired
4) Conklin (Dartmouth) def. Stoica (Wichita), 6-2, 6-2
5) Latinovic (Wichita) def. Chari (Dartmouth), 6-4, 6-3
6) Caligiana (Wichita) def. Speicher (Dartmouth), 6-3, 6-2
Order of finish: 3,4,6,5,2

BU
Later on in the day, the Big Green rebounded from their earlier loss to take down the Terriers.

Wins at the No. 3 and 1 doubles positions put Dartmouth up heading into singles. Broom paired up with freshman Pierce Widdecombe to win at the No. 3 spot by a score of 6-1, while Conklin and Ross had a 6-3 win at the top spot.

Wins by Broom, Speicher, Sid Chari, Widdecombe and Conklin all in a row gave the home team a 6-0 lead. BU won its only point of the evening at the No. 4 position to end the match.

The Big Green will have a few weeks away from the court, returning in mid-March when they head to Texas for Spring Break.

1) Conklin/Ross (Dartmouth) def. Lu/Sable (BU), 6-3
2) Martin/Speicher (Dartmouth) vs. Avila/Hartenstein (BU), 4-4, DNF
3) Broom/Widdecombe (Dartmouth) def. Kolsky/Stehling (BU), 6-1
Order of finish: 3,1

1) No. 34 Broom (Dartmouth) def. Lu (BU), 6-2, 6-0
2) Conklin (Dartmouth) def. Bogatin (BU), 6-2, 6-4
3) Chari (Dartmouth) def. Stehling (BU), 6-3, 6-3
4) Hartenstein (BU) def. Ross (Dartmouth), 2-6, 7-6(6), 1-0(9)
5) Speicher (Dartmouth) def. Sable (BU), 6-2, 6-1
6) Widdecombe (Dartmouth) def. Kolsky (BU), 4-6, 6-3, 1-0(9)
Order of finish: 1,5,3,6,2,4