Dartmouth Blanked by Rice

Wednesday, March 20

Houston, Texas

3:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Rice

Hikaru Takeda ’25

Photo by: Kyle Relf

3/20/2024 8:47:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

The Big Green couldn’t recover after losing the doubles point

By: Kyle Relf

HOUSTON — No. 70 Dartmouth suffered a 7-0 loss to Rice on Wednesday, unable to get back in the win column during the first of three matches in Texas.

Rice earned the doubles point with victories on Courts 1 and 2 and went on two sweep singles. Alex Knox-Jones and Hikaru Takeda were in a close 6-6 battle at No. 3 doubles, but the result on Court 2 clinched the point for the Owls before the pair had the chance to finish their match.

Miles Groom gave the Big Green their best chance at a point in singles, winning the first set before ultimately dropping a three-setter. Groom had won four straight in singles entering Wednesday's match.

Dartmouth is set to take on Prarie View A&M on Thursday, March 21.

DOUBLES
Kabeer Kapasi/Yasha Zemei (Rice) def. Miles Groom/Henry Ren (Dartmouth), 6-4
Trinity Gear/Petro Kuzmenok (Rice) def. Carlos Guerrero Alvarez/Waleed Qadir (Dartmouth), 7-5
Arthus de la Bassetiere/Eduaro Morais (Rice) vs. Alex Knox-Jones/Hikaru Takeda (Dartmouth), 6-6 unfinished

SINGLES
Yasha Zemel (Rice) def. Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth), 6-2, 7-5
Trinity Grear (Rice) def. Henry Ren (Dartmouth), 6-3, 7-5
Arthus de la Bassetiere (Rice) def. Miles Groom (Dartmouth), 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Emir Sendogan (Rice) def. Yujiro Onuma (Dartmouth), 6-4, 7-5
Petro Kuzmenok (Rice) def. Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth), 6-2, 6-4
Kabeer Kapasi (Rice) def. Waleed Qadir (Dartmouth), 6-4, 6-4