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Men's Tennis Improves to 2-0 In Ivy Play with 5-2 Win over Yale
April 09, 2004 | Men's Tennis
April 9, 2004
The Princeton men's tennis team improved to 2-0 in Ivy League play and 9-7 overall with a 5-2 victory over Yale at the Lenz Tennis Center Friday afternoon.
The Tigers' No. 1 doubles team of Dan Friedman and Darius Craton got off to a big lead early and held on for an 8-6 win over Yale's Ryan Murphy and Rowan Reynolds, while Princeton's No. 2 and 3 teams won easily to help the Tigers clinch the doubles point.
Princeton won at the top three singles positions. Craton lost just two games in a straight-set victory over Murphy at No. 1, while Friedman survived a first-set tiebreak to defeat Yale's Andrew Rosenfeld 6-4 in the second set. At No. 3, Sratha Saengsuwarn lost the second set 7-5 to Brandon Wai but came back strong in the deciding third set, winning 6-2.
Tim Kofol was Princeton's other singles winner, coming back from one set down to defeat David Goldman at No. 6, 4-6, 6-3 and 6-1.
The Tigers host 44th-ranked Brown Saturday afternoon at the Lenz Tennis Center beginning at noon.
Doubles:
#1 Dan Friedman/Darius Craton (P) def. Ryan Murphy/Rowan Reynolds (Y) 8-6
#2 Tim Kofol/Sratha Saengsuwarn (P) def. Andrew Rosenfeld/Brandon Wai (Y) 8-2
#3 Hans Plukas/Andrew Lieu (P) def. David Goldman/Dan Arellano (Y) 8-2
Singles:
#1 Craton (P) def. Murphy (Y) 6-1, 6-1
#2 Friedman (P) def. Rosenfeld (Y) 7-6(9), 6-4
#3 Saengsuwarn (P) def. Wai (Y) 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
#4 Reynolds (Y) def. Lieu (P) 6-3, 6-2
#5 Milosz Gudzowski (Y) def. David Gopstein (P) 7-5, 6-2
#6 Kofol (P) def. Goldman (Y) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1