Hawkeyes Edged by Dartmouth, 4-3

Hawkeyes Edged by Dartmouth, 4-3

March 20, 2005

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RANCHO VALENCIA, CA –

The University of Iowa men’s tennis team was barely edged by Dartmouth, 4-3, Sunday afternoon. The Hawkeyes drop to 9-4 overall.

In doubles, Chaitu Malempati and Bart van Monsjou defeated Steve McGaughey and Dave Waslen, 8-4. J.P. Ritchie and Aaron Schaechterle lost a close match to Mark Brodie and Jeff Schechtman, 8-6, at the No. 3 spot.

J.P. Ritchie went on to win his singles match against Schechtman, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-0. Brett Taylor defeated Raj Shrestha, 6-1, 6-4, at the No. 6 position. At the No. 4 spot, van Monsjou took Mark Brodie into three sets, but was unable to pull off the win, falling 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.

The Hawkeyes return to Big Ten action Saturday, March 26 when they travel to Ohio State.

Results
Dartmouth: 4
Iowa: 3

Match Summary

Singles
No. 1 Chaitu Malempati (UI) def. Dave Webb (Dartmouth), 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 Dave Waslen (Dartmouth) def. Kyle Markham (UI), 7-6 (1), 7-5
No. 3 J.P. Ritchie (UI) def. Jeff Schechtman (Dartmouth), 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-0
No. 4 Mark Brodie (Dartmouth) def. Bart van Monsjou (UI), 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
No. 5 Steve McGaughey (Dartmouth) def. Jonny Hoak (UI), 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 Brett Taylor (UI) def. Raj Shrestha (Dartmouth), 6-1, 6-4

Doubles
No. 1 Webb/A. Reyes (Dartmouth) def. Markham/Taylor (UI), 8-4
No. 2 Malempati/van Monsjou (UI) def. McGaughey/Waslen (Dartmouth), 8-4
No. 3 Brodie/Schechtman (Dartmouth) def. Ritchie/Aaron Schaechterle (UI), 8-6