HANOVER, N.H. -- Binghamton men's tennis (3-3) beat the storm getting to New Hampshire but came up short in a dual against No. 59 Dartmouth, 6-1, Friday afternoon inside the Boss Tennis Center and Gordon Pavilion. Dartmouth (2-3) grabbed the doubles point and then captured five of the six singles matches.
Freshman No. 4 Sid Hazarika provided the lone point with a 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 singles win. Hazarika improved to 5-1 early in his collegiate career.
The Bearcats pushed the nationally-ranked Big Green to three sets at fifth singles and lost in two tiebreaks at the second spot.
Binghamton will remain in Hanover and face Boston College on Saturday.
No. 59 Dartmouth 6, Binghamton 1
DOUBLES #1 Centenari/DeBot (D) def.
Bastian Bornkessel/Dinia (BU), 8-5
#2 Cameron Ghorbani/Brenden Tannenbaum (D) def. Lesage/Hureau (BU), 8-6
#3 Alex de Chatellus/Sam Todd (D) def.
Aswin Nambi/Hazarika (BU), 8-3
Order of Finish: 3,1,2
SINGLES#1 Xander Centenari (D) def.
Robin Lesage (BU), 6-3, 6-4
#2 Christopher Kipouras (D) def. Alexander Maisin (BU), 7-6, 7-6
#3 Erik Nordahl (D) def.
Ismael Dinia (BU), 6-2, 6-1
#4 Sid Hazarika (BU) def. Sam Todd (D), 7-5, 4-6, 7-5
#5 Justin Chan (D) def.
Ruben Haggai (BU), 5-7, 7-6, 6-0
#6 Brandon DeBot (D) def. Eliot Hureau (BU), 6-1, 6-1
Order of Finish: 6,3,1,2,4,5
