No. 38 Dartmouth Hands No. 37 Princeton First Ivy Loss

HANOVER, N.H. – No. 38 Dartmouth men’s tennis defeated No. 37 Princeton by a score of 4-2 on Saturday, playing at the Boss Tennis Center for the first time in almost a month. The Big Green improved to 14-8 and 2-1 in Ivy League action, while the Tigers fell to 14-7 and dropped their first conference match of the season, dipping to 2-1.

A 6-1 victory by junior Max Schmidt and freshman Roko Glasnovic at the No. 2 doubles position and a 6-2 win by senior Dovydas Sakinis and sophomore Max Fliegner at No. 3 gave the first point to Dartmouth. At the No. 1 position, the 63rd-ranked pairing of junior George Wall and senior Brendan Tannenbaum was leading, 4-2, when the match went unfinished. 

Back-to-back wins by Princeton at the No. 6 and 2 positions put the Tigers ahead, 2-1. Those would

be the only points the Green would allow, however, as the home team went on to win the next three singles matches to clinch the victory. No. 90 Sakinis had a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Diego Vives at the No. 1 position to tie the score at two-all, while Fliegner gave Dartmouth the go-ahead with a three-set win over Alexander Day at No. 4.

At the No. 5 position, Schmidt won the ever-important fourth point with a 7-6, 6-1 defeat of Luke Gamble. 

On Sunday, April 10, the Green will host the Quakers at 1 p.m.

1 – No. 63 Wall/Tannenbaum (Dartmouth) vs. Day/Gamble (Princeton), 4-2, DNF
2 – Schmidt/Glasnovic (Dartmouth) def. Colautti/Yablon (Princeton), 6-1
3 – Sakinis/Fliegner (Dartmouth) def. Vives/Carcione (Princeton), 6-2

1 – No. 90 Sakinis (Dartmouth) def. Vives (Princeton), 7-5, 6-3
2 – Colautti (Princeton) def. Riccardi (Dartmouth), 6-3, 6-2
3 – Wall (Dartmouth) vs. Day (Princeton), 7-6, 5-6, DNF
4 – Fliegner (Dartmouth) def. Yablon (Princeton), 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
5 – Schmidt (Dartmouth) def. Gamble (Princeton), 7-6, 6-1
6 – Wasserman (Princeton) def. Grabill (Dartmouth), 6-0, 6-1