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Men's Tennis Opens 2005 Spring Season with 5-2 Win at Georgia State
January 27, 2005 | Men's Tennis
Jan. 27, 2005
ATLANTA - Darius Craton won at No. 1 in both singles and doubles and Andrew Lieu came back from a set down to win at No. 5 singles as the Princeton men's tennis team defeated Georgia State, 5-2, in their season-opening match Thursday afternoon.
Craton split sets with Jaime Rodriguez in singles before winning the third set 6-4 at No. 1. Earlier, he joined with Josh Burman, playing his first match since 2003, to defeat Matija Sulin and Clarence Boyd at No. 1 doubles.
Lieu dropped the first set to Anze Cevka 6-3 before rebounding to tie the match and then blitz Cevka 6-0 in the third set.
Princeton also got singles wins by Hans Plukas, who fought off an early charge from Jacek Twarowski at No. 4 for a 7-6, 6-0 victory, and No. 6 Shannon Morales, who earned a hard-fought 7-5, 7-6 win over Georgia State's Daniel Balog. The Tigers clinched the doubles point when Lieu and Plukas defeated Cevka and Rodriguez, 8-6, at No. 3.
Princeton plays Georgia Tech Friday afternoon at 3 p.m.
Doubles
1. Darius Craton/Josh Burman def. Matija Sulin/Clarence Boyd 8-3
2. Ashwat Sarohia/Sratha Saengsuwarn lost to Martin Stiegwardt/Jacek Twarowksi 8-2
3. Andrew Lieu/Hans Plukas def. Anze Cevka/Jaime Rodriguez 8-6
Singles
1. Craton def. Rodriguez 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
2. Burman lost to Stiegwardt 7-6, 6-3
3. Saengsuwarn lost to Boyd 7-6, 7-6
4. Plukas def. Twarowski 7-6, 6-0
5. Lieu def. Cevka 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
6. Shannon Morales def. Daniel Balog 7-5, 7-6