The Fairleigh Dickinson University men's tennis team was tripped up in Hanover, NH by Dartmouth College, Sunday, March 8.  The Knights slipped to 4-5 overall, following a 6-1 setback where they started strong, earning the doubles point.

Sophomore Matt Gordon (London, England/Mill Hill County) united with freshman Andrew Denny (Bingley, England/Bradford Grammar) to post an 8-4 decision in No. 1 doubles versus Daniel Freeman and Michael Laser.  Freshman Markus Bolinder (Stockholm, Sweden/Ostra Reals Gymnasium) and sophomore Alex Jorne (Rochester, NY/Brighton) edged Curtis Roby and Justin Tzou, 8-6, in third doubles.

Freeman got the best of Gordon in No. 1 singles, narrowly clipping the Knights' team captain, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5).  Denny jumped out to an early lead in second singles against Stephen Greif.  The freshman took the first set, 6-3, but was then topped 7-6 (7-1) before ultimately retiring in the third set.

In No. 6 singles, freshman Diego Benavent (Segovia, Spain/HH Maristas) was out-lasted by Bryan Song, 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 10-7.

“Coming off yesterday's tough match at Brown [University], the guys fought hard against a good team,” said Head Coach Ira Miller.

Dartmouth improved to 3-4 on the year.

For complete results, please scroll down.

FDU is idle until Saturday, March 28 when the Knights make their spring debut at home.  Miller's team hosts Division II Concordia College (NY) at 1:00 p.m. in Teaneck, NJ.

Singles

1. FREEMAN, Daniel (DART) def. GORDON, Matt (FDU) 2-6, 7-5, 7-6

2. GREIF, Stephen (DART) def. DENNY, Andrew (FDU) 3-6, 7-6, 3-0, retired

3. ROBY, Curtis (DART) def. BOLINDER, Markus (FDU) 6-1, 6-2

4. TZOU, Justin (DART) def. JORNE, Alex (FDU) 6-2, 3-0, retired

5. GAYER, Ari (DART) def. BHARGAVA, Ankesh (FDU) 6-4, 6-2

6. SONG, Bryan (DART) def. BENAVENT, Diego (FDU) 6-7, 7-5, 10-7

Doubles

1. GORDON, Matt/DENNY, Andrew (FDU) def. FREEMAN, Daniel/LASER, Michael (DART) 8-4

2. GAYER, Ari/GREIF, Stephen (DART) def. QUESADA, Daniel/BHARGAVA, Ankesh (FDU) 8-4

3. BOLINDER, Markus/JORNE, Alex (FDU) def. ROBY, Curtis/TZOU, Justin (DART) 8-6

Match Notes

Fairleigh Dickinson University 4-5

Dartmouth College 3-4