ELON, N.C. – The Elon University men's tennis team notched its fourth consecutive victory on Tuesday when it defeated Dartmouth 4-3.
BOX SCORE (PDF)
With the win, Elon improves to 9-5 on the season and 7-0 at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. Dartmouth falls to 10-7 with the loss.
THE RUNDOWN
- The Phoenix won its fourth consecutive doubles point with a pair of wins at the Nos. 1 and 2 spots. The streak of doubles points is Elon's longest of the season.
- Oskar Antinheimo and Veljko Krstic delivered Elon's first win of the day with a 6-0 triumph on Court 2. The freshmen have now won back-to-back matches since losing their first as a duo.
- Playing at the No. 1 position, Nicholas Campbell and Daniel Martin clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 win. The tandem is now 4-0 together this season with all the wins coming at No. 1.
- Antinheimo rolled at No. 5 singles against Dartmouth's Hikaru Takeda, winning 6-3, 6-0 to put the Phoenix up 2-0. The second set victory was his seventh by a 6-0 or 6-1 score this season, the most on the team.
- Krstic joined his doubles partner by posting a two-set victory at the No. 3 spot. The freshman won 6-4, 6-2 against Waleed Qadir to improve to 9-3 on the season and extend his winning streak to four matches.
- After a Dartmouth win at the No. 4 position, Ben Zipay clinched the match for the Phoenix with a 7-5, 6-2 result on Court 6 against Alex Knox-Jones. The junior is now 7-1 on the season in singles and 13-3 in singles and doubles combined.
- The Big Green won the final two singles contests in match tiebreaks.
- The win was Elon's second by a 4-3 score this season and the first since Feb. 7 against Campbell.
- Elon's 7-0 start at home is its best since it won its first nine home matches in 2020. The victory clinched Elon's 11th consecutive season with a winning record at home.
UP NEXT
The Phoenix faces Davidson on the road Thursday at 3 p.m.
RESULTS
Singles
1. Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth) def.
Daniel Martin (Elon) 6-3, 3-6, 10-8
2. Miles Groom (Dartmouth) def.
Nicholas Campbell (Elon) 5-7, 6-3, 10-6
3.
Veljko Krstic (Elon) def. Waleed Qadir (Dartmouth) 6-4, 6-2
4. Henry Ren (Dartmouth) def.
Ahmed Hosni (Elon) 6-3, 6-4
5.
Oskar Antinheimo (Elon) def. Hikaru Takeda (Dartmouth) 6-3, 6-0
6.
Ben Zipay (Elon) def. Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth) 7-5, 6-2
Doubles
1.
Nicholas Campbell/
Daniel Martin (Elon) def. Waleed Qadir/Miles Groom (Dartmouth) 6-2
2.
Oskar Antinheimo/
Veljko Krstic (Elon) def. Logan Chang/Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth) 6-0
3.
Nicholas Condos/
Ben Zipay (Elon) vs. Carlos Guerrero Alvarez/Henry Ren (Dartmouth) 3-2, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (5,3,4,6,1,2)
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