The Big Green succeeded in winning the doubles point after winning two of the three matches. In the No. 1 game, Michael Laser '12 and Alex de Chatellus '13 fell to BC (5-11) seniors Akash Muppidi and Alex Skinner by a lopsided score of 8-3.
Dartmouth bounced back in the No. 2 and 3 matches, however, as Brandon DeBot '14 and Xander Centenari '13 beat sophomore Michael McGinnis and freshman Philip Nelson, 8-3, and the tandem of Chris Ho '12 and Mike Jacobs '13 defeated Eagles junior Billy Grokenberger and freshman Matt Wagner, 8-6.
Although Dartmouth saw three of its six singles matches go to three sets, the Big Green outlasted the Eagles in two of the three contests. At No. 2 singles, Centenari defeated Skinner 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. Cameron Ghorbani '14 beat Grokenberger in straight sets 7-6, 6-3 in the No. 3 match. Ho scored an easy win over Nelson, defeating him 6-4, 6-1. Sam Todd '15 finished off strong in the No. 6 match, defeating junior Klaus Puestow despite losing the opening set 2-6.
"[Centenari] played well and came back for a huge win at No. 2 to clinch the match," Todd said. "Chris Ho also played well and really beat down his opponent. He was the first one off the court."
Todd, whose time has been limited this year, played a big role in Dartmouth's win with the absence of Chris Kipouras '15. Kipouras, who was selected Athlete of the Week by DartmouthSports.com this past week, is recovering from an illness.
"It was nice to sit out for a change," Kipouras said. "I was confident our team was going to win regardless if I was playing or not."
Todd said he was happy with the team's effort against the highly competitive Eagles.
"The team stepped up and fought hard in our match this weekend," Todd said. "We played a tough BC team who had just beaten No. 51 [University of] Miami, so we knew they would be a good team, but we played well pretty much across the board, and because of that scored a good win."
After coming back from playing outdoors in California during spring break, the Big Green worked hard to keep up its fitness and sharpen its doubles play.
"We lost some tough doubles points on our spring break trip, but we did a really good job preparing, and Mike Jacobs and Chris Ho did a good job stepping in at No. 3 doubles this weekend and clinching the point for us," Todd said.
The Big Green has also shown great success on the road. Todd said this is due to the team's intensity each game.
"We travel really well, and we definitely try to take over every building we go to, and this was no different," he said. "Our team intensity really helps us perform the way we do."
Dartmouth next plays Columbia University on Saturday and Cornell University on Sunday, both on the road. The two matches will be the Big Green's first Ivy League contests of the season, and the team will look to keep its seven-game winning streak alive.
"Coach [Chris Drake] always stresses to not get ahead of ourselves but to take every match one match at a time and focus on winning each match we play," Todd said. "We have done a great job preparing, and we know we can beat any team in the league, but this is probably the most competitive the league has ever been, so we have to be ready to play every match."
