HANOVER, N.H. – Wrapping up a three-match weekend, the Boston University men's tennis team fell at Dartmouth, 6-1, at Texas Country on Sunday evening.
The Big Green (9-3) won a tightly-contested doubles point and then captured five singles points in straight sets to drop the Terriers (6-6) to .500 on the season.
In doubles, freshman
Alejandro Licea and sophomore
Dion Loutas won the top match, 6-3, after the Big Green claimed a 6-2 victory at line 3. In the deciding match for the first point, junior
Johann Sajonz and sophomore
Adrian Pawlowski were broken late in a hard-fought 7-5 loss in the No. 2 slot.
In singles, freshman
Corey Craig led BU with a 6-4, 7-5 victory at line 2. Sophomore
Cole Knutsen tried to mount a rally to force a third set but came up just short in a No. 4 tiebreaker, 6-3, 7-6(11). Licea also won nine games in a tough battle in the No. 3 match, 6-4, 7-5.
The Terriers will next come home to the Track & Tennis Center to host Bentley on Thursday (March 2) with a 2:30 p.m. start.
Dartmouth - 6, Boston University - 1
SINGLES
1) Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (DART) def.
Dion Loutas (BU): 6-2, 6-1
2)
Corey Craig (BU) def. Miles Groom (DART): 6-4, 7-5
3) Waleed Qadir (DART) def.
Alejandro Licea (BU): 6-4, 7-5
4) Henry Ren (DART) def.
Cole Knutsen (BU): 6-3, 7-6(11)
5) Hikaru Takeda (DART) def.
Ben Letzer (BU): 6-4, 6-4
6) Logan Chang (DART) def.
Adrian Pawlowski (BU): 6-3, 6-3
DOUBLES
1) Licea/Loutas (BU) def. Qadir/Miles Groom (DART): 6-3
2) Chang/Ren (DART) def.
Johann Sajonz / Pawlowski (BU): 7-5
3) Carlos Guerrero Alvarez / Hikaru Takeda (DART) def. Letzer/Knutsen (BU): 6-2
