LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Dartmouth men's tennis team dropped its penultimate match out west to Loyola Marymount on Thursday, 6-1. The Big Green dipped to 7-6, while the Lions improved to 5-10.
A 6-0 win by LMU at the No. 2 position was followed by a 7-5 victory by
Anders Gibbons and
Dominik Pauli on court one. Tied and with play continuing on court three,
Daniel Webb and
Andy Ilie fought hard but narrowly fell by a score of 7-6(4).
The Lions added another win at the No. 5 singles before
Alex Knox-Jones defeated Arthur Pantino, 6-1, 6-2 at the No. 4 position. LMU won the final four matches to end the match.
Carlos Guerrero Alvarez and Pauli's matches on courts two and three went to third-set tiebreakers before their opponents were victorious.
Dartmouth will face DePaul on Friday before heading home in preparation for Ivy League play.
1) Gibbons/Pauli (Dartmouth) def. Otico/Nguyen (LMU), 7-5
2) Ranaivo/Dominiquez (LMU) def. Knox-Jones/Widdecombe (Dartmouth), 6-0
3) Di Giulio/Torlic (LMU) def. Webb/Ilie (Dartmouth), 7-6(4)
Order of finish: 2,1,3
1) Esses (LMU) def. Gibbons (Dartmouth), 6-1, 6-1
2) Otico (LMU) def. Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth), 3-6, 7-6, 10-6
3) Dominiquez (LMU) def. Pauli (Dartmouth), 5-7, 6-2, 11-9
4) Knox-Jones (Dartmouth) def. Pantino (LMU), 6-1, 6-2
5) De Alencar (LMU) def. Ilie (Dartmouth), 6-1, 6-2
6) Di Giulio (LMU) def. Widdecombe (Dartmouth), 6-3, 6-4
Order of finish: 5,4,1,6,3,2