HANOVER, N.H. - Visiting Binghamton men's tennis (0-4) opened strong by grabbing the doubles point but host Dartmouth (1-0) took four of the five finished singles matches to prevail 4-2 Saturday morning at Boss Tennis Center.

Junior Shourya Verma posted a strong 6-3, 7-5 victory over Pauli Dominic at No. 1 singles. Earlier, Verma teamed with junior Dan Pergel for the clinching 6-4 win at the top doubles spot. Before that, sophomore Kyle Weekes and freshman Joshua Roe Flannelly paired for a 6-4 victory at No. 2 doubles. 

Roe Flannelly rejoined the team after a year away and split two sets at No. 5 singles in his first competition of the year. 

"Credit to Dartmouth ... it's been a long two years for them with no duals and coming off a pause," head coach Nick Zieziula said. "They raised their level in critical moments of singles. That being said. we took lessons from Florida and took some steps forward as a group today. It was great to finally get Josh (Roe Flannelly) on the court and he stepped in well, helping clinch the doubles point. We're looking forward to a tough match tomorrow against Bryant."

The Bearcats will remain in Hanover for the neutral match against Bryant Sunday morning. 

Dartmouth 4, Binghamton 2

DOUBLES
1. Shourya Verma/Dan Pergel (BU) def. Pierce Widdecombe/Anders Gibbons (D), 6-4
2. Kyle Weekes/Joshua Roe Flannelly (BU) def. Dominik Pauli/Andy Ilie (D), 6-4
3. Alex Knox-Jones/Logan Chang (D) def. Adi Ben-Ari/Anshumat Srivastava (BU) 6-1

Order of Finish: 3,2,1

SINGLES
1. Shourya Verma (BU) def. Dominik Pauli (D), 6-3, 7-5
2. Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (D) def. Dan Pergel (BU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-0
3. Anders Gibbons (D) def. Kyle Weekes (BU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Alex Knox-Jones (D) def. Anshumat Srivastava (BU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Andy Ilie (D) vs. Joshua Roe Flannelly (BU) 6-3, 5-7, 1-1 DNF
6. Casper Christensen (D) def. Adi Ben-Ari (BU) 6-2, 6-0

Order of Finish: 6,4,3,1,2