HANOVER, N.H. -- The Bryant University men's tennis team split a pair of matches at Dartmouth College over the weekend, falling to Dartmouth on Saturday before defeating Binghamton on Sunday morning.

Bryant earned a 5-2 victory over the Bearcats on Sunday for its first win of the year.  

Saturday Recap

• Bryant opened the weekend with a 6-1 loss to Dartmouth. It marks the first time in the series history that Bryant has claimed a point in back-to-back matches.
• In doubles, Teague Burger and Will Pellegrini picked up a 6-4 victory at No. 2. The Big Green, however, were able to clinch the point with a 7-6 (2) victory at No. 3.
• The Black and Gold picked up their lone point of the match with a victory over at No. 1 singles. Diego Serra Sparrow earned a 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (9) victory over Gibbons. 

Sunday Recap

• Bryant honored Anshumat Srivastava with his senior plaque prior to the match. Srivastava graduated from Bryant in 2020 but did not have a senior day due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 
• On the court, Binghamton grabbed the doubles point with victories at No. 1 and No. 2. Grant Pertile and Serra Sparrow earned a 6-1 lead at No. 3.
• The Bulldogs bounced back to win five singles matches to claim the match. 
• Burger grabbed Bryant's first point with a 6-4, 6-1 victory at No. 3.
• Jean Christophe Baril made it 2-2 with a 6-4, 6-1 victory at No. 6.
• Nick Lorenz pushed Bryant ahead with a 7-5, 6-2 win at No. 2 and Leonardo Mileikowsky clinched the match with a three-set victory at No. 4.
• Pertile closed the day with a three-set victory over Srivastava at No. 5.

Results (Dartmouth)

Pauli/Knox (Dart) def. Macaulay/Baril (BRY), 6-1
Burger/Pellegrini (BRY) def. Gibbons/Widdecombe (Dart), 6-4
Quiles/Webb (Dart) def. Pregel/Pertile (BRY), 7-6 (2)

Serra Sparrow (BRY) def. Gibbons (Dart), 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (9)
Guerrero Alvarez (Dart) def. Lorenz (BRY), 6-3, 6-3
Knox-Jones (Dart) def. Burger (BRY), 6-1, 6-1
Widdecombe (Dart) def. Mileikowski (BRY), 6-3, 6-2
Llie (Dart) def. Sen (BRY), 6-1, 7-5
Webb (Dart) def. Macaulay (BRY), 6-4, 6-3

Results (Binghamton)

Vermal/Pergel (BU) def. Lorenz/Macaulay (BRY), 6-3
Weekes/Roe Flannelly (BU) def. Burger/Pellegrini (BRY), 6-2
Pertile/Serra Sparrow (BRY) def. Crawford/Srivastava (BU), 6-1

Verma (BU) def. Serra Sparrow (BRY), 6-3, 6-2
Lorenz (BRY) def. Pergel (BU), 7-5, 6-2
Burger (BRY) def. Weekes (BU), 6-4, 6-1
Mileikowsky (BRY) def. Roe Flannelly (BU), 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
Pertile (BRY) def. Srivastava (BU), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Baril (BRY) def. Ben-Ari (BU), 6-4, 6-1

Up Next
The Bulldogs will have a week off before traveling to Providence to face Brown on Feb. 3.