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Tigers Sweep Rutgers in Men's Tennis, 7-0
March 27, 2004 | Men's Tennis
March 27, 2004
The Princeton men's tennis teams won the doubles point easily and then took three of six singles matches in straight sets on the way to a 7-0 victory over Rutgers Saturday morning.
All three Tiger doubles teams won their matches, including an 8-1 victory at No. 1 from Tim Kofol and Sratha Saengsuwarn. Hans Plukas and Andrew Lieu (at No. 2) and Darius Craton and David Gopstein (at No. 3) each won by 8-4 scores.
The most exciting singles match of the day came at No. 1, where Craton and Rutgers' Tyler Deming split the first two sets before going to a third-set tiebreak, won by Craton 7-6. Saengsuwarn (at No. 2) and Plukas (at No. 4) each split sets before winning 10-point tiebreaks to earn wins.
Tim Kofol dominated Harry Cicma at No. 5 singles, winning 6-0 and 6-1 for the Tigers.
Princeton 7, Rutgers 0
Doubles
#1 Tim Kofol/Sratha Saengsuwarn def. Tyler Deming/Harry Cicma 8-1
#2 Hans Plukas/Andrew Lieu def. Matt Fawcett/Gordie Milchutsky 8-4
#3 Darius Craton/David Gopstein def. Gabe Adams/Alex Tervooren 8-4
Singles
#1 Craton def. Deming 6-2, 2-6, 7-6
#2 Saengsuwarn def. Milchutsky 7-6, 2-6, 1-0(7)
#3 Lieu def. Balazs Galdi 6-1, 6-4
#4 Plukas def. Fawcett 6-1, 6-7, 1-0(8)
#5 Kofol def. Cicma 6-0, 6-1
#6 Shannon Morales def. Adams 6-3, 6-2<->