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Men's Tennis Wins Doubles Point but Falls to San Diego State, 5-2
March 16, 2004 | Men's Tennis
March 16, 2004
SAN DIEGO - The 56th-ranked San Diego State men's tennis team ran its win streak to two matches with a 5-2 victory over Princeton on Monday afternoon at Fairbanks Ranch Country Club.
The Aztecs lost all three doubles matches, but rallied to claim five of six singles matches to post the victory.
The Tigers dominated doubles play, winning two matches 8-4 and the other by an impressive 8-1 score. Sratha Saengsuwarn and Tim Kofol won 8-1 at No. 2, while Darius Craton and Daniel Friedman won easily at No. 1 and Andrew Lieu and Hans Plukas won at No. 3. San Diego State got straight set victories from Michael Coehlo at number six, Daniel Jung at number three and 69th-ranked Felix Hardt at number one. Up 3-2, the Aztecs clinched the team victory when Dontia Haynes claimed a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory at number five singles.
Saengsuwarn completed an outstanding day by winning at No. 4 singles, 6-1 and 6-1, over SDSU's Armando Carrascosa.
Princeton continues its California trip with a match against Purdue Thursday.
No. 56 San Diego State 5, Princeton 2
DOUBLES -- (Princeton wins point) No. 1 - Daniel Friedman/Darius Craton (Princeton) def. Felix Hardt/Dontia Hayes (SDSU) - 8-4 No. 2 - Tim Kofol/Sratha Saengsuwarn (Priceton) def. Daniel Jung/Markus Dickhardt (SDSU) - 8-1 No. 3 - Andrew Lieu/Hans Plukas (Princeton) def. Michael Coehlo/Armando Carrascosa (SDSU) - 8-4 Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1 Clinched Point: 3
SINGLES -- No. 1 - No. 69 Felix Hardt (SDSU) def. Daniel Friedman (Princeton) - 7-5, 6-2 No. 2 - Markus Dickhardt (SDSU) def. Darius Craton (Princeton) - 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 No. 3 - Daniel Jung (SDSU) def. Andrew Lieu (Princeton) - 7-6, 6-1 No. 4 - Sratha Saengsuwarn (Princeton) def. Armando Carrascosa (SDSU) - 6-1, 6-1 No. 5 - Dontia Haynes (SDSU) def. David Gopstein (Princeton) - 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 No. 6 - Michael Coehlo (SDSU) def. Hans Plukas (Princeton) - 6-3, 6-2 Order of Finish: 6, 4, 3, 1, 5, 2 Clinched Match: 5