February 19, 2012

Harvard takes home the 2012 ECAC Men’s Indoor Tennis Championship

 

TOURNAMENT BRACKET

Day One – Friday, February 17

Match 1 -  No. 6 Brown def. No. 3 St. John’s  (4-1)

Match 2 -  No. 2 Cornell def. No. 7 Columbia (4-2)

Match 3 -  No. 5 Dartmouth def. No. 4 Princeton (4-2)

Match 4 - No. 1 Harvard  def. No. 8 Yale (4-1)

 

Day Two – Saturday, February 18

Match 5 - No. 3 St. John's  def. No. 7 Columbia  (4-2)

Match 6 - No. 4 Princeton def. No. 8 Yale (4-1)

Match 7 - No. 6 Brown  def. No. 2 Cornell (4-3)

Match 8 - No. 1 Harvard def. No. 5 Dartmouth (4-2) 

 

Day Three – Sunday, February 19

Match 9 - No. 7 Columbia def. No. 8 Yale (3-2)                                           (7th-8th Place)

Match 10 - No. 3 St. John's def.  No. 4 Princeton (4-2)                             (5th-6th Place)

Match 11 - No. 5 Dartmouth College def.  No. 2 Cornell University (4-2)   (3rd-4th Place)

Match 12 - No. 6 Brown University vs.  No. 1 Harvard University (4-1)  (Championship)

 

Preview

CENTERVILLE, Mass. – The 2012 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division I Indoor Men’s Tennis Championships will be held in the Alexis Boss Tennis Center and Alan Gordon Pavilion at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire from Friday, February 17 to Sunday, February 19. Dartmouth will host the eight-team field including ECAC member teams of Brown, Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, St. Johns, Yale and defending 2011 champion Cornell.

Tournament seeding was announced today, with Harvard receiving the top overall seed. First round action will kick off with third seed St. John’s facing sixth seed Brown at 8:00 a.m., followed at 11:30 a.m. by second seed Cornell versus seventh seed Columbia. Action will continue as fourth seed Princeton matches up against Dartmouth at 3 p.m. and number one seed Harvard will face eighth seeded Yale at 6:00 p.m. to close out day one action.