Dartmouth Drops Back-and-Forth Match to Cornell

Sunday, April 21

Hanover, N.H.

1:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Cornell

Casey Ross men's tennis action versus Bryant

Sophomore Casey Ross

Photo by: Doug Austin

Dartmouth Drops Back-and-Forth Match to Cornell

4/21/2019 6:06:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

By: Charlotte Brackett

HANOVER, N.H. – No. 40 Dartmouth men's tennis suffered a 4-3 loss to Cornell at the Thompson Outdoor Courts on Sunday afternoon.

The Big Green are now 14-8 overall and 3-3 in Ivy League play, while the Big Red improved to 14-9 and 5-1.

"Cornell fought hard in a very close match," head coach Chris Drake said. "We still have a lot to play for next week with a shot at the NCAA Tournament if we win. It'll be a tough match against a very good Harvard team, but we will be ready."

Dartmouth started the day by winning the doubles point following a 6-2 victory by 19th-ranked Charlie Broom and David Horneffer at the No. 1 position and a 7-5 win by sophomores Dan Martin and John Speicher on court three.

Big Red victories at No. 3 and 6 singles put the visitors ahead, but a second-set tiebreaker win by freshman Sid Chari on court five knotted the match at two. Another Cornell win at the No. 4 spot gave the Big Red a 3-2 edge with two courts still at play.

At the top spot, 60th-ranked Broom dropped his first set to Alafia Ayeni, 7-5, before taking the second by the same score. In a close third set, Ayeni walked away with a 6-3 win to clinch. Play continued on court two, with the 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-3 victory going to Martin.

The Green will play their last regular season match next Saturday when they host Harvard at 2 p.m.

1) No. 19 Broom/Horneffer (Dartmouth) def. No. 49 Soyfer/Volfson (Cornell), 6-2
2) Ayeni/Kazakov (Cornell) def. Conklin/Ross (Dartmouth), 6-4
3) Martin/Speicher (Dartmouth) def. McCalister/Vasas (Cornell), 7-5
Order of finish: 1,2,3

1) Ayeni (Cornell) def. No. 60 Broom (Dartmouth), 7-5, 5-7, 6-3
2) Martin (Dartmouth) def. No. 44 Volfson (Cornell), 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-3
3) Kazakov (Cornell) def. Horneffer (Dartmouth), 6-2, 6-3
4) Soyfer (Cornell) def. Conklin (Dartmouth), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
5) Chari (Dartmouth) def. Vasa (Cornell), 6-2, 7-6(4)
6) Bynoe (Cornell) def. Speicher (Dartmouth), 6-1, 6-2