Dartmouth Opens ECAC Championship with Victory over Yale

Friday, February 14

Ithaca, N.Y.

12:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Yale

Peter Conklin men's Tennis action versus Navy

Junior Peter Conklin

Photo by: Doug Austin

Dartmouth Opens ECAC Championship with Victory over Yale

2/14/2020 4:39:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

By: Charlotte Brackett

ITHACA, N.Y. – Second-seeded Dartmouth had a 4-1 victory over No. 7 Yale in the first match of the ECAC Indoor Championship at the Reis Tennis Center on Friday.

The Bulldogs' lone point came in doubles. A 6-4 win at the top spot and a 6-2 victory on court two put Yale (2-2) ahead going into singles.

Pierce Widdecombe tied things up with his 6-2, 6-1 win over Arnav Dhingra at No. 6 singles, while Dan Martin gave Dartmouth (9-0) the go ahead with his 6-2, 6-3 defeat of Andrew Heller on court two. Peter Conklin downed Robert Shymansky, 6-2, 7-5 at the No. 3 position, and Anders Gibbons clinched with his 6-3, 7-6(4) victory against Ryan Cheng on court five.

The Big Green will be back at 3 p.m. on Saturday to play the winner of the No. 3 Cornell and No. 6 Brown match.

1) Sun/Dhingra (Yale) def. Broom/Widdecombe (Dartmouth), 6-4
2) Cheng/Lin (Yale) def. Conklin/Ross (Dartmouth), 6-2
3) Heller/Siegler (Yale) vs. Martin/Gibbons (Dartmouth), 4-4, DNF
Order of finish: 1,2

1) Sun (Yale) vs. Broom (Dartmouth), 7-5, 2-6, 2-0, DNF
2) Martin (Dartmouth) def. Heller (Yale), 6-2, 6-3
3) Conklin (Dartmouth) def. Shymansky (Yale), 6-2, 7-5
4) Lin (Yale) vs. Quiles (Dartmouth), 6-1, 1-6, 4-3, DNF
5) Gibbons (Dartmouth) def. Cheng (Yale), 6-3, 7-6(4)
6) Widdecombe (Dartmouth) def. Dhingra (Yale), 6-2, 6-1
Order of finish: 6,2,3,5