Terriers Blank Dartmouth In Most Impressive Showing Of Season
March 30, 2003 | Women's Tennis
The Terrier women's tennis team put on its most impressive showing of the year on Sunday (March 30th) with a 7-0 blanking of Dartmouth at the Terriers' indoor Track and Tennis Center. The win improved the team's record to 7-9.
The Terriers got off on the right foot when they won all three doubles matches. Junior Elena deMendoza (Madrid, Spain) and freshman Laura Ahmes (East Sarasota, FL) defeated Catherine Randall and Arden Fredeking, 8-4, at number one. Junior Lindsey Dynof (Colts Neck, NJ) teamed with freshman Aimee Charest (Somerset) to win their seconds doubles match, 8-3, over Jayme Ahmed and Katie Jaxheimer at number two doubles. Finally, at number three doubles, senior captain Alana Marcu (Leonia, NJ) and junior Elisa Glas (Irun, Spain) defeated Lila Francazio and Ann Scott, 8-3.
With the sweep of the doubles, the Terriers entered the singles play with a 1-0 lead in the match.
Dynof had the easiest match at number one with a 6-1, 6-0 straight set victory over Ahmed. Marcu, Glas, and Charest also won their matches in straight sets. Marcu defeated Fredeking, 6-4, 6-1, at number four, while Glas bested Scott, 6-2, 7-6. Charest needed a tiebreaker to defeat Evie Stevens, 6-7, 7-6 (10-5) at number six.
In the other singles matches, deMendoza posted a 1-6, 7-6, 6-4 win over Randall at number two and Ahmes defeated Sarah McNally, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4) at number three.
The match marked the return to the Boston University campus by first-year Dartmouth women's head coach Bob Dallis.
A 1986 graduate of Boston University, Dallis was a four-year member of the Terrier tennis team. He was voted team co-captain and most valuable player from 1984-86. During his summer breaks from college, Dallis played the professional satellite circuits in the U.S. and Spain.
He later coached at Boston University where he led the Terrier men's team to the finals of the America East conference tournament 10 straight years (winning it four times), and was voted America East Conference coach of the year three times. He earned a master's degree in human movement from Boston University's School of Education in 1990, specializing in sport and exercise psychology. Dallis recently completed his doctoral work in developmental studies and counseling at Boston University and was awarded an Ed.D. degree in May 2002. His doctoral dissertation was entitled, "The Design and Implementation of an Elite Training System for Tennis," and details the process involved in developing a world-class tennis player from childhood through late teens.
He left Boston University in 1998 to become the head women's tennis coach at Colgate University. He remained there until 2002 when he took over the women's program at Dartmouth.
