Dartmouth Opens Season With Pair of Wins Over Navy

Saturday, January 14

Hanover, N.H.

8:30 AM

Dartmouth College

Navy

Waleed Qadir men's tennis action at Dartmouth Invite

Waleed Qadir ’26

Photo by: Doug Austin

Dartmouth Opens Season With Pair of Wins Over Navy

1/14/2023 7:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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A 7-0 afternoon triumph provided the exclamation point on a successful start to the season

By: Kyle Relf

HANOVER, N.H. — The Dartmouth men's tennis team opened its 2023 spring season with a pair of victories over four-time defending Patriot League champion Navy on Saturday at the Boss Tennis Center. The Big Green won 5-2 in the morning's action before sweeping the second match.

"In a lot of ways, we couldn't have asked for a better start to the season," said Xander Centenari, the John Kenfield and Chuck Kinyon Head Coach. "We faced adversity early, losing the doubles point, but bounced back to take all six first sets in singles. We made some adjustments in doubles and played a much better doubles point in our second match."

The first win of the day marked Dartmouth's ninth consecutive season-opening victory. The Big Green have seen a 2-0 start in five straight seasons.

"We set the tone for the way we want to play from an energy standpoint," Centenari added. "We're looking forward to a great test on Monday in our scrimmage against Harvard."

MATCH 1
Logan Chang and Hikaru Takeda won Dartmouth's lone doubles match as Navy kicked off Saturday's season-opening action by claiming the doubles point, but the Big Green responded to take five singles matches. Miles Groom (No. 2), Waleed Qadir (No. 3), Henry Ren (No. 4) and Logan Chang (No. 6) each picked up two-set victories, while Alex Knox-Jones battled to a three-set win over Nathan Nguyen at No. 5. The Big Green won the first set in each singles match.

Luke Garner/Sasha Panyan (Navy) def. Carlos Guerrero Alvarez/Waleed Qadir (Dartmouth), 6-3
Aniketh Ayinala/Gavin Segraves (Navy) def. Alex Knox-Jones/Henry Ren (Dartmouth), 7-6 (7-3)
Hikaru Takeda/Logan Chang (Dartmouth) def. Eric Liu/Matthew McNair (Navy), 6-1

Sasha Panyan (Navy) def. Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth), 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7)
Miles Groom (Dartmouth) def. Gavin Segraves (Navy), 7-6, 6-1
Waleed Qadir (Dartmouth) def. Luke Garner (Navy), 6-1, 6-2
Henry Ren (Dartmouth) def. Aniketh Ayinala (Navy), 6-2, 6-0
Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth) def. Nathan Nguyen (Navy), 6-0, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8)
Logan Chang (Dartmouth) def. Andres Ballesteros (Navy), 6-1, 6-4

MATCH 2
Dartmouth secured its 2-0 start to the season with an afternoon sweep of the Midshipmen. A freshman tandem of Groom and Qadir earned a dominant win at No. 1 doubles as Dartmouth picked up the point and rolled their momentum into singles, eventually roaring to a 7-0 victory. Ren, Knox-Jones, Groom and Chang each earned their second singles victories of the day as first-set domination continued.

Miles Groom/Waleed Qadir (Dartmouth) def. Sasha Panyan/Nicholas Nguyen (Navy), 6-1
Alex Knox-Jones/Logan Chang (Dartmouth) def. Gavin Seagraves/Christian Pumpelly (Navy), 6-4
Carlos Guerrero Alvarez/Hikaru Takeda (Dartmouth) def. Andres Ballesteros/Nathan Nguyen (Navy), 6-2

Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth) def. Luke Garner (Navy), 6-3, 6-4
Miles Groom (Dartmouth) def. Aniketh Ayinala (Navy), 6-2, 6-1
Henry Ren (Dartmouth) def. Nicholas Nguyen (Navy), 6-0, 6-1
Hikaru Takeda (Dartmouth) def. Christian Pumpelly (Navy), 6-2, 6-1
Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth) def. Matthew McNair (Navy), 6-1, 6-1
Logan Chang (Dartmouth) def. Eric Liu (Navy), 6-1, 6-1

Dartmouth hosts Harvard for a scrimmage on Monday, Jan. 16 at 12 p.m. before taking on Binghamton and Siena at Boss Tennis Center on Sunday, Jan. 22 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.