No. 39 Dartmouth Downs No. 50 Penn on the Road

Saturday, February 16

Philadelphia, Pa.

12:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Penn

Junior David Horneffer

Photo by: Doug Austin

No. 39 Dartmouth Downs No. 50 Penn on the Road

4/7/2019 5:30:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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By: Charlotte Brackett

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – After a tough loss to Princeton on Saturday, the No. 39 Dartmouth men's tennis team rebounded the following day, defeating No. 50 Penn, 5-2, at the Hamlin Tennis Center.

The Big Green improved to 12-6 and 1-1 in conference play, while the Quakers dipped to 16-8 and 0-3.

"It was a good battle in a tough environment on the road," head coach Chris Drake said. "We won four tough three setters and had to overcome some adversity to get the win. We bounced back well from yesterday and I'm proud of the fight of our team."

Dartmouth started the day off well by winning the doubles point. Sophomores Dan Martin and John Speicher had a 6-3 win at the No. 3 position while seventh-ranked Charlie Broom and David Horneffer had a 6-3 victory of their own at the top spot.

Penn soon tied things up with a win at No. 1 singles, but four Big Green victories in a row by Martin, Horneffer, Speicher and sophomore Peter Conklin allowed Dartmouth to clinch quickly. All four of those matches had to go to three sets before the visitors walked away victoriously. The Quakers added one last win at the No. 5 position before the match ended.

On Friday, April 12, Dartmouth will face Brown on the road before returning to Hanover to host Yale two days later.

1) No. 7 Broom/Horneffer (Dartmouth) def. Graziani/Mautner (Penn), 6-3
2) Conklin/Ross (Dartmouth) vs. Shatalin//Zhu (Penn), DNF
3) Martin/Speicher (Dartmouth) def. Cancila/Smithline (Penn), 6-3
Order of finish: 3,1

1) No. 88 Mautner (Penn) def. No. 53 Broom (Dartmouth), 6-2, 6-4
2) Horneffer (Dartmouth) def. Graziani (Penn), 7-5, 1-6, 6-4
3) Martin (Dartmouth) def. Zhu (Penn), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
4) Conklin (Dartmouth) def. Shatalin (Penn), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
5) Cancila (Penn) def. Ross (Dartmouth), 7-5, 4-6, 6-0
6) Speicher (Dartmouth) def. Hildenbrandt (Penn), 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(3)
Order of finish: 1,3,2,6,4,5