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Temple Men's Tennis Drops Second-Straight to Dartmouth
1.24.10 | Men's Tennis
Owls earn two wins in singles play
HANOVER, N.H. - Freshman Kacper Rams and sophomore Mansur Gishkaev picked up their first singles wins of the 2010 season, but it wasn't enough as the Temple men's tennis team fell to Dartmouth, 5-2, on Sunday, January 24.
Dartmouth earned the doubles point with a sweep. Owls' brother duo of Filip and Kacper Rams nearly grabbed a win at first doubles, dropping a 9-8 (7) tiebreaker to Curtis Roby and Stephen Greif.
Filip Rams lost another tough match in singles play after taking the first set 6-2. Big Green sophomore Michael Laser came back to take the second and third sets, 6-4, 6-1 for the win.
Temple's two points came at number four and five. Kacper Rams got a little revenge on Greif with a 6-4, 6-1 victory at the fourth flight. Mansure Gishkaev handed Chris Ho a 6-3, 6-4 setback at number five to account for the Cherry and White's points.
Temple, 0-2, plays against on January 27 at Penn.
Dartmouth 5, Temple 2
Doubles:
1. Curtis Roby/Stephen Greif (D) def. Filip Rams/Kacper Rams (T) - 9-8 (7)
2. Kevin Cox/Eric Schlobohm (D) def. Matt King/Kurt Mauro (T) - 8-1
3. Alex de Chatellus/Chris Ho (D) def. Dmitry Vizhunov/Mansur Gishkaev (T) - 8-6
Singles:
1. Michael Laser (D) def. F. Rams (T) - 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
2. Dan Freeman (D) def. King (T) - 6-4, 6-1
3. Roby (D) def. Vizhunov (T) - 6-2, 6-2
4. K. Rams (T) def. Greif (D) - 6-4, 6-1
5. Gishkaev (T) def. Ho (D) - 6-3, 6-4
6. Xander Centenari (D) def. Mauro (T) - 6-0, 6-1
