Dartmouth Drops Narrow Decision to Jacksonville State

Saturday, March 16

Hoover, Ala. / Hoover Metropolitan Complex

11:30 AM

Dartmouth College

Jacksonville State University

Carlos Guerrero Alvarez ’25

Photo by: Kyle Relf

Dartmouth Drops Narrow Decision to Jacksonville State

3/16/2024 5:27:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

The Big Green were on the wrong end of another 4-3 final

By: Kyle Relf

HOOVER, Ala. — The Dartmouth men's tennis team, no stranger to close matches over its last several contests, dropped a 4-3 decision to Jacksonville State on Saturday at Hoover Metropolitan Complex. Four of the Big Green's last five matches have been decided by a score of 4-3.

The Gamecocks earned the doubles point despite falling at the No. 1 position to Henry Ren and Miles Groom. A close battle on Court 2 featuring Waleed Qadir and Carlos Guerrero Alvarez ended in a tiebreak, which provide to be crucial as the non-conference foes went on to split singles.

Big Green singles victories came from Guerrero Alvarez (No. 1), Groom (No. 3) and Alex Knox-Jones (No. 6). Groom, who now stands at 11-1 on the season in singles, won his fourth straight match.

Dartmouth's spring trip continues on Wednesday, March 20 with a visit to Rice. The match begins at 3 p.m. (2 p.m. CDT).

DOUBLES
Miles Groom/Henry Ren (Dartmouth) def. Marko Milosavljevic/Zach Murphy (JSU), 7-5
Vanja Dobrnjac/Lucius Soller (JSU) def. Waleed Qadir/Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth), 7-6(4)
Xavier Sarda Marti/Ivan Marrero Curbelo (JSU) def. Hikaru Takeda/Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth), 7-5

SINGLES
Ivan Marrero Curbelo (JSU) def. Henry Ren (Dartmouth), 6-4, 6-3
Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth) def. Vanja Dobrnjac (JSU), 7-6, 6-4
Miles Groom (Dartmouth) def. Alin Fatu (JSU), 6-3, 6-4
Xavier Sarda Marti (JSU) def. Hikaru Takeda (Dartmouth), 6-1, 6-2
Marko Milosavljevic (JSU) def. Yujiro Onuma (Dartmouth), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth) def. Liam Day (JSU), 0-6, 6-4, 7-6