ITHACA, N.Y. – The Yale men's tennis team posted a couple of impressive doubles victories but dropped a hard-fought 4-1 decision to Dartmouth in the opening round of the ECAC Indoor Championships.
 
The duo of Arnav Dhingra and Michael Sun posted a 6-4 victory at the No. 1 doubles position. Ryan Cheng and Cody Lin were equally impressive at No. 2, knocking off the 51st-ranked Dartmouth duo of Peter Conklin and Casey Ross.
 
The Big Green, though, won four hard-fought singles matches to clinch the victory.
 
"Overall a good effort from our team today. We played a complete doubles point across all three courts and pushed a good team to the end in singles," said Chris Drake, The Cary Leeds Head Coach of the Bulldogs. "This was a performance we can definitely build on moving forward."
 
Yale plays Brown on Saturday in the consolation bracket. The match is set for a noon start.
 
Full Results:
 
Doubles
1. Dhingra/Sun (Yale) def. Broom/Widdecombe (Dartmouth) 6-4
2. Cheng/Lin (Yale) def. #51 Conklin/Ross 6-2
3. Heller/Siegler (Yale) vs. Gibbons/Martin 4-4 Unfinished
Order of finish: 1, 2*
 
Singles
1. Sun (Yale) led Broom (Dartmouth) 5-7, 6-2, 2-0
2. Martin (Dartmouth) def. Heller 6-2, 6-3
3. Conklin (Dartmouth) def. Shymansky (Yale) 6-2, 7-5
4. Lin (Yale) led Quiles (Dartmouth) 6-1, 1-6, 4-3
5. Gibbons (Dartmouth) def. Cheng (Yale) 6-3, 7-6(4)
6. Widdecombe (Dartmouth) def. Dhingra (Yale) 6-2, 7-1
Order of finish: 6, 2, 3, 5*