The men's tennis team finished up its fall season with a quarterfinal showing by Jimmy Crystal '12 at Dartmouth's Big Green Invitational in the top singles flight over the weekend.
"Jimmy's been playing great the last couple of weeks," Head Coach Jay Harris said. "He didn't play his best tennis of the fall (at the Big Green Invitational), but I was proud of the way he fought."
The fifth-seeded Crystal had a bye in the first round, then defeated Dartmouth's number eight seed, Andrew Malizia, 6-2, 6-3 for what Harris called "a good, solid win."
In the quarterfinals, however, Crystal dropped a 6-3, 6-2 match to the tournament's number one seed, Harvard's Aba Omodele-Lucien.
According to Harris, Omodele-Lucien is one of Harvard's top players, and he said that he was excited Crystal "got a good taste of where that level is. He played a little nervous, but it was a good experience for him." Jindra Chaloupka, of Saint Francis College of New York, ended up winning the overall title.
The Bears will not compete again until next semester, and they plan to take advantage of the time off.
"This is a really important part of the year for us," Harris said. "This period of time will hopefully separate us from the other teams we face in the winter and spring."
