Men’s Tennis Falls to NJIT, Bounces Back to Defeat Bryant

Saturday, March 2

Hanover, N.H.

9:00 AM

Dartmouth College

NJIT

Henry Ren ’26

Photo by: Rohan Kalan

Men’s Tennis Falls to NJIT, Bounces Back to Defeat Bryant

3/2/2024 10:12:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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The Big Green are back in the win column with a 4-0 victory in the nightcap

By: Kyle Relf

HANOVER, N.H. — Part of an action-packed Saturday at Boss Tennis Center, the Dartmouth men's tennis team squared off with NJIT in the morning before battling Bryant in the evening. The day started with a 4-3 loss to the Highlanders, but ended on a high note to the tune of a 4-0 win over the Bulldogs.

NJIT 4, Dartmouth 3

Dartmouth found a doubles win from Waleed Qadir and Henry Ren, but it wasn't enough to clinch the point over NJIT, who went on to split singles with the Big Green.

Miles Groom, Yujiro Onuma and Alex Knox-Jones were each winners in the bottom half of the singles lineup.

Pablo Perez Ramos/Wil Jenkins (NJIT) def. Miles Groom/Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth), 6-3
Nejc Skorjanc/German Lopez Andujar (NJIT) def. Carlos Guerrero Alvarez/Hikaru Takeda (Dartmouth), 6-1
Waleed Qadir/Henry Ren (Dartmouth) def. Pavel Petrov/O. Callo von Platen (NJIT), 6-2

Pablo Perez Ramos (NJIT) def. Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth), 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-4
Wil Jenkins (NJIT) def. Henry Ren (Dartmouth), 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-4
Nejc Skorjanc (NJIT) def. Hikaru Takeda (Dartmouth), 6-3, 6-4
Miles Groom (Dartmouth) def. Pavel Petrov (NJIT), 6-1, 6-1
Yujiro Onuma (Dartmouth) def. O. Callo von Platen (NJIT), 6-2, 6-3
Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth) def. German Lopez Andujar (NJIT), 6-3, 6-1

Dartmouth 4, Bryant 0

During the win over Bryant, Dartmouth clinched doubles thanks to victories from Miles Groom and Alex Knox-Jones at the No. 2 position, along with Henry Ren and Waleed Qadir on Court 3. Ren, Knox-Jones and Carlos Guerrero Alvarez provided the necessary singles wins to clinch the 4-0 decision. Zihao Yuan, playing at No. 6 singles, led Bryant's Jean Cristophe Baril in his first Dartmouth match.

Jose Davila/Agustin Suarez (Bryant) vs. Carlos Guerrero Alvarez/Logan Chang (Dartmouth), 3-4, unfinished
Alex Knox-Jones/Miles Groom (Dartmouth) def. Marcus Macauley/Diego Serra Sparrow (Bryant), 6-1
Waleed Qadir/Henry Ren (Dartmouth) def. Diego Trejo/Daniel Baquero (Bryant), 6-2

Henry Ren (Dartmouth) def. Otakar Ungerman (Bryant), 6-3, 6-1
Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth) def. Agustin Suarez (Bryant), 6-1, 6-2
Miles Groom (Dartmouth) def. Jose Davila (Bryant), 6-3, 6-2
Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth) vs. Diego Serra Sparrow (Bryant), 6-7, 0-1, unfinished
Logan Chang (Dartmouth) vs. Myles Peterson (Bryant), 1-6, 3-5, unfinished
Zihao Yuan (Dartmouth) vs. Jean Cristophe Baril (Bryant), 6-1, 5-3, unfinished

The Big Green, now 7-6 on the season after splitting Saturday's matches, head south for their next five, starting with Jacksonville State on Friday, March 15.