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Dartmouth
UB Men's Tennis Bows Out at Nationally-Ranked Dartmouth
1/17/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
HANOVER, N.H. – The University at Buffalo, State University of New York men's tennis team suffered a 7-0 setback at 47th-ranked Dartmouth Saturday at the Boss Tennis Center.
Despite forcing an extra game in the first set, senior Damien David dropped his first singles match to 65th-ranked Dovydas Sakinis, 7-5, 6-3. He teamed with junior Pablo Alvarez in second doubles, falling to the Big Green, 6-1. Alvarez won a set against Dartmouth's Diego Pedraza at third singles, but suffered a 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 setback.
Sophomore Jonathan Hannestad and junior Sergio Arevalillo were blanked by Dartmouth's 22nd-ranked first doubles squad of Chris Kipouras and Sakinis. Arevalillo went three with the Big Greens' Brendan Tannenbaum, but was outlasted, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 at fourth singles. Hannestad dropped a 6-2, 7-5 decision at fifth singles to Ciro Riccardi.
Senior Sebastian Ionescu was edged by Christopher Kipuras, 7-6, 7-5, in second singles. Ionescu and junior Akhil Mehta fell in their third doubles match, 6-2. Mehta was defeated by Max Fliegner, 7-6, 6-4, in sixth singles.
UB returns to action Sunday facing Bryant at Dartmouth.
DOUBLES:
No. 1: Kipouras/Sakinis (DC) def. Hannestad/Arevalillo (UB), 6-0
No. 2: Agarwal/Tannenbaum (DC) def. David/Alvarez (UB), 6-1
No. 3: Pedraza/Riccardi (DC) def. Mehta/Ionescu (UB), 6-2
SINGLES:
No. 1: Dovydas Sakinis (DC) def. Damien David (UB), 7-5, 6-3
No. 2: Christopher Kipouras (DC) def. Sebastian Ionescu (UB), 7-6, 7-5
No. 3: Diego Pedraza (DC) def. Pablo Alvarez (UB), 7-6, 3-6, 6-4
No. 4: Brendan Tannenbaum (DC) def. Sergio Arevalillo (UB), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 5: Ciro Riccardi (DC) def. Jonathan Hannestad (UB), 6-2, 7-5
No. 6: Max Fliegner (DC) def. Akhil Mehta (UB), 7-6, 6-4
