Saturday, January 18
Blacksburg, Va.
10:00 a.m.
Davidson College
2
vs
5
No. 59 Yale
Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com
Davidson Falls to No. 59 Yale in Spring Opener
1/18/2014 8:51:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Gavin McFarlin - Assistant SID
Match Results vs. Yale
BLACKSBURG, Va. — The Davidson men's tennis team opened their Spring season against nationally-ranked Yale and came out on the wrong end of a 5-2 decision in their spring opener Saturday morning at Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center on the campus of Virginia Tech.
The Wildcats were playing Yale (1-0) for the first time, as the Bulldogs came in ranked 59th to start the year in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) top-75 poll.
Yale opened the match by taking the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and 2 positions. The duo of Zack Zapatero and Ethan Kallick scored four games in their match at No. 1, but fell 6-4 allowing Yale to seal the doubles point.
Senior Connor Evins and sophomore Evan Watkins earned the two team points for the Wildcats. Evins opened his final year with a three-set victory at No. 3 singles. After falling 6-3 in his first set, Evins came back to net a pair of 6-4 decisions to earn his 22nd career singles wins.
Waktins saw his first collegiate action in a match by winning 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 after Kyle Dawson of Yale retired at No. 4 singles.
Joining Zapatero and Watkins in their first collegiate matches was freshman Ricky Saad and Jordan Hart. The first-year player Saad fell 6-3, 6-1 at No. 6 singles, while Hart teamed with Alex Howard at No. 3 doubles, having their match halted at 5-4 after Yale took the doubles point.
Davidson stays in Blacksburg, Va., and will play its second straight ranked opponent, facing No. 38 Virginia Tech Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m.
BLACKSBURG, Va. — The Davidson men's tennis team opened their Spring season against nationally-ranked Yale and came out on the wrong end of a 5-2 decision in their spring opener Saturday morning at Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center on the campus of Virginia Tech.
The Wildcats were playing Yale (1-0) for the first time, as the Bulldogs came in ranked 59th to start the year in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) top-75 poll.
Yale opened the match by taking the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and 2 positions. The duo of Zack Zapatero and Ethan Kallick scored four games in their match at No. 1, but fell 6-4 allowing Yale to seal the doubles point.
Senior Connor Evins and sophomore Evan Watkins earned the two team points for the Wildcats. Evins opened his final year with a three-set victory at No. 3 singles. After falling 6-3 in his first set, Evins came back to net a pair of 6-4 decisions to earn his 22nd career singles wins.
Waktins saw his first collegiate action in a match by winning 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 after Kyle Dawson of Yale retired at No. 4 singles.
Joining Zapatero and Watkins in their first collegiate matches was freshman Ricky Saad and Jordan Hart. The first-year player Saad fell 6-3, 6-1 at No. 6 singles, while Hart teamed with Alex Howard at No. 3 doubles, having their match halted at 5-4 after Yale took the doubles point.
Davidson stays in Blacksburg, Va., and will play its second straight ranked opponent, facing No. 38 Virginia Tech Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m.
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