Big Green Drop Another Nailbiter to William & Mary

Saturday, February 24

Williamsburg, Va.

11:00 AM

Dartmouth College

William & Mary

Carlos Guerrero Alvarez ’25

Photo by: Kyle Relf

Big Green Drop Another Nailbiter to William & Mary

2/24/2024 3:56:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Like last weekend’s ECAC Championship battle, Saturday’s showdown came down to the final singles match

By: Kyle Relf

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Reminiscent of last Sunday's heartbreaker during the ECAC Championship, the Dartmouth men's tennis team's matchup with No. 73 William & Mary once again came down to the final singles match, with the Tribe pulling out a 4-3 victory.

A close doubles point set the stage for what would be a tightly contested battle between two ranked teams. Hikaru Takeda and Carlos Guerrero Alvarez drew the Big Green even with their victory on Court 2, but Alex Knox-Jones and Henry Ren were unable to clinch the point at the No. 1 position.

Knox-Jones, Guerrero Alvarez and Yujiro Onuma each won their respective singles matches (in that order) to provide the Big Green a 3-1 advantage with three matches left to finish. William & Mary then swept all three, capped by Satchel Benn's triumph on Court 2, to seal the 4-3 decision.

Following the narrow defeat, Dartmouth returns to action on Saturday, March 2 with NJIT and Bryant both visiting Boss Tennis Center. The NJIT match begins at 9 a.m. and the Bryant match is set for 5 p.m.

DOUBLES
Bill Duo/Konstantinos Raptis (W&M) def. Alex Knox-Jones/Henry Ren (Dartmouth), 7-5
Satchel Benn/Oliver Hague (W&M) def. Miles Groom/Waleed Qadir (Dartmouth), 6-2
Hikaru Takeda/Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth) def. Alexandre Leblanc/Alexander Karman (W&M), 7-5
Finishing Order: 2, 3, 1*

SINGLES
Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth) def. Alexandre Leblanc (W&M), 6-4, 6-1
Satchel Benn (W&M) def. Hikaru Takeda (Dartmouth), 6-3, 7-6 (3)
Konstantinos Raptis (W&M) def. Henry Ren (Dartmouth), 6-0, 7-6 (2)
Oliver Hague (W&M) def. Miles Groom (Dartmouth), 7-6 (6), 6-4
Yujiro Onuma (Dartmouth) def. Albert Hansen (W&M), 6-2, 6-4
Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth) def. Nikita Bortnichek (W&M), 6-1, 6-2
Order of Finish: 6, 1, 5, 3, 4, 2*