No. 45 Dartmouth Defeats Rice to Win Spring Break Invite

Sunday, March 24

Houston, Texas

11:00 AM

Dartmouth College

Rice

No. 45 Dartmouth Defeats Rice to Win Spring Break Invite

3/24/2019 2:42:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

By: Charlotte Brackett

HOUSTON, Texas – Following a 4-1 win over Rice on Sunday, the No. 45 Dartmouth men's tennis team won the 61st Ralph O'Connor Rice Invitational and earned the Frank D. Guernsey Jr. and Wilber E. Hess Challenge Cup.

The Big Green wrapped up spring break with an 11-5 mark, while the Owls fell to 9-10.

"The guys are fighting hard and making it tough for teams to close us out," head coach Chris Drake said. "We did a great job after losing four first sets to come back today. We won four singles matches this weekend after losing the first set, which shows good fitness and toughness. I'm proud of our efforts this week and we'll rest up and get ready for Ivy League play."

As it did in all four of its spring break matches, Dartmouth won the doubles point. Sophomores John Speicher and Dan Martin had a 6-3 victory at the No. 3 spot, while 20th-ranked juniors Charlie Broom and David Horneffer won on court one, 6-4.

Sophomore Peter Conklin and freshman Sid Chari were victorious at the No. 4 and 5 singles positions to give the Green a 3-0 edge, but Rice got one back with a win on court one. At the No. 2 position, Horneffer dropped his first set to Jacob Eskeland, 6-1, before turning things around to win the remaining two, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 to clinch.

Dartmouth will open Ivy play next Saturday at Princeton and Penn.

1) No. 20 Broom/Horneffer (Dartmouth) def. No. 39 Rutledge/Sarkar (Rice), 6-4
2) Conklin/Ross (Dartmouth) vs. Eskeland/Russell (Rice), 5-4, DNF
3) Speicher/Martin (Dartmouth) def. Paluch/Abdel-Aziz (Rice), 6-3
Order of finish: 3,1

1) No. 57 Sarkar (Rice) def. No. 34 Broom (Dartmouth), 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
2) Horneffer (Dartmouth) def. Eskeland (Rice), 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
3) Martin (Dartmouth) vs. Rutledge (Rice), 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 5-3, DNF
4) Conklin (Dartmouth) def. Abdel-Aziz (Rice), 6-1, 6-3
5) Chari (Dartmouth) def. Oscisalawski (Rice), 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
6) Ross (Dartmouth) vs. Paluch (Rice), 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 2-2, DNF
Order of finish: 4,5,1,2