Dartmouth Battles Penn State in Close 4-3 Loss

Sunday, March 5

Hanover, N.H.

10:00 AM

Dartmouth College

Penn State

Carlos Alvarez in tennis action versus Brown at ECAC Championship

Carlos Guerrero Alvarez ’25

Photo by: Doug Austin

Dartmouth Battles Penn State in Close 4-3 Loss

3/5/2023 2:50:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

The Big Green dropped the doubles point, but nearly came back in singles

By: Kyle Relf

HANOVER, N.H. — The Dartmouth men's tennis team came up short of its fifth straight win on Sunday at Alexis Boss Tennis Center, falling to No. 60 Penn State by a final score of 4-3.

The Big Green surrendered the doubles point despite a win at the No. 1 position from Waleed Qadir and Miles Groom, improving the freshman duo's record to 8-1 on the top court. Penn State clinched the point when Sam Bossem and Loren Byers completed a 6-4 win over Hikaru Takeda and Carlos Guerrero Alvarez on Court 3.

The Nittany Lions sealed the win after Stefan Simeunovic edged Takeda in a three-setter at No. 5 singles. With the match already decided, Guerrero Alvarez defeated Charl Morgan at the No. 1 position in a third-set super tiebreaker for his fourth straight win on the top court. Earlier in singles action, Alex Knox-Jones marched to a two-set win on Court 6 and Groom was awarded a victory as his opponent withdrew.

Dartmouth travels to Belmont on Thursday, March 16 at 2:30 p.m. EST. It's the first of four matches on a southern road trip that will also pit the Big Green against Middle Tennessee, Elon and UNC Wilmington.

Waleed Qadir/Miles Groom (Dartmouth) def. Malik Bhatnagar/Charl Morgan (Penn State) 6-4
Miko Eala/Stefan Simeunovic (Penn State) def. Henry Ren/Logan Chang (Dartmouth) 6-3
Sam Bossem/Loren Byers (Penn State) def. Hikaru Takeda/Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth) 6-4

Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth) def. Charl Morgan (Penn State) 6-3, 7-6(10-8), [10-6]
Miles Groom (Dartmouth) def. Loren Byers (Penn State), 6-4, 3-0 retired
Miko Eala (Penn State) def. Waleed Qadir (Dartmouth) 6-4, 6-1
Sam Bossem (Penn State) def. Henry Ren (Dartmouth) 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
Stefan Simenovic (Penn State) def. Hikaru Takeda (Dartmouth) 1-6, 7-6(7-4), 6-4
Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth) def. Andrei Paduraru (Penn State) 6-4, 6-3