Big Green Fall to No. 21 Middle Tennessee

Friday, March 17

Murfreesboro, Tenn.

2:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Middle Tennessee

Alex Knox Jones men's tennis action versus Fordham

Alex Knox-Jones ’25

Photo by: Doug Austin

3/17/2023 5:13:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Alex Knox-Jones picked up Dartmouth’s lone victory in the 6-1 loss

By: Kyle Relf

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The Dartmouth men's tennis team suffered a 6-1 loss at the hands of three-time defending Conference USA champion No. 21 Middle Tennessee in the second match of its southern road trip Friday afternoon at Adams Tennis Complex.

The Blue Raiders earned the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions before claiming all but one singles matches, with Alex Knox-Jones allowing the Big Green to avoid the sweep.

Waleed Qadir and Miles Groom hung with Middle Tennessee's top pairing, but ultimately succumbed for just their third loss of the season as the Blue Raiders clinched the doubles point. Stijm Slump sealed the match at No. 1 singles and action continued with Knox-Jones eventually adding a win for the Big Green in a neck-and-neck two-setter. The sophomore improved to 8-3 on the season and has won three of his last four matches.

Dartmouth returns to the courts on Tuesday, March 21, traveling to Elon for a 2:30 p.m. tilt.

Oskar Brostrom Poulsen/Francisco Rocha (Middle Tennessee) def. Miles Groom/Waleed Qadir (Dartmouth), 6-3
Pavel Motl/Stijn Slump (Middle Tennessee) led Logan Chang/Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth), 5-4 unfinished
Ondrej Horak/Shu Matsuoka (Middle Tennessee) def. Hikaru Takeda/Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth), 6-1

Stijn Slump (Middle Tennessee) def. Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth), 6-4, 6-4
Francisco Rocha (Middle Tennessee) def. Miles Groom (Dartmouth), 6-2, 6-4
Oskar Brostrom Poulsen (Middle Tennessee) def. Waleed Qadir (Dartmouth), 6-0, 7-5
Ondrej Horak (Middle Tennessee) def. Henry Ren (Dartmouth), 6-4, 7-5
Marcel Kamrowski (Middle Tennessee) def. Hikaru Takeda (Dartmouth), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth) def. Baran Soyler (Middle Tennessee), 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-5)