NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Dartmouth men's tennis team battled an array of opponents on Friday, including several from within the Ivy League, as part of the opening day of the Yale Invitational.
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The Big Green won two of their four singles matches, but stacked up well against their Ancient Eight counterparts.
Miles Groom defeated Yale's Luke Neal and
Carlos Guerrero Alvarez downed Columbia's Sachin Palta to lead Dartmouth to a 2-1 record against Ivy League opponents.
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Dartmouth split two doubles matches as
Carlos Guerrero Alvarez and
Logan Chang notched the lone win over Boston University's Corey Craig and Alejandro Lutas.
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The Yale Invitational continues on Saturday and concludes on Sunday.
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SINGLES
Miles Groom (Dartmouth) def. Luke Neal (Yale), 6-0, 6-2
Matthew Rutter (Penn) def.
Logan Chang (Dartmouth), 6-0, 6-4
Carlo Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth) def. Sachin Palta (Columbia), 6-4, 6-4
Pablo Perez Ramos (NJIT) def.
Henry Ren (Dartmouth), 6-7, 6-4, 6-4
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DOUBLES
Sachin Palta/Theo Winegar (Columbia) def.
Henry Ren/
Miles Groom (Dartmouth), 7-5
Carlos Guerrero Alvarez/
Logan Chang (Dartmouth) def. Corey Craig/Alejandro Licea (Boston University), 6-4