HANOVER, N.H. – A strong performance from the singles lineup helped the Yale men's tennis team post a 4-3 victory over Dartmouth on the second day of the ECAC Indoor Championships.
After dropping the doubles point, Yale rallied in singles.
Walker Oberg posted a hard-fought, three-set win at No. 6 to help clinch the victory.
Theo Dean (No. 1),
Vignesh Gogineni (No. 2) and
Luke Neal (No. 3) were all straight-set winners for the Bulldogs.
Yale is 5-2 on the season. The Bulldogs close out their stay at ECACs by meeting Princeton on Sunday at 8 a.m.
Yale 4, Dartmouth 3
Doubles
1. Miles Groom/Waleed Quadir (Dartmouth) def.
Vignesh Gogineni/
Renaud Lefevre (Yale) 7-6 (3)
2.
Aidan Reilly/
Theo Dean (Yale) def. Alex Knox-Jones/Logan Chang (Dartmouth) 7-5
3. Hikaru Takeda/Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth) def.
Michael Sun/
Shervin Dehmoubed (Yale) 6-3
Singles
1.
Theo Dean (Yale) def. Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth) 6-3, 6-1
2.
Vignesh Gogineni (Yale) def. Miles Groom (Dartmouth) 6-1, 6-2
3.
Luke Neal (Yale) def. Waleed Quadir (Dartmouth) 6-1, 6-4
4. Henry Ren (Dartmouth) def.
Michael Sun 7-5, 6-4
5. Hikaru Takeda (Dartmouth) def.
Aidan Reilly (Yale) 6-2, 0-6, 6-4
6.
Walker Oberg (Yale) def. Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4