Princeton University
St. John's
Men's Tennis Defeats St. John's, 5-2
April 03, 2005 | Men's Tennis
April 3, 2005
The Princeton men's tennis team used a tiebreak win at No. 3 doubles by Blaise Goswami and Mark Gober and four straight-set singles victories to defeat St. John's 5-2, in a match played inside at Jadwin Gym Sunday afternoon.
Goswami and Gober were tied at 8-8 with Morgan Bauer and Claudio Halim before winning the decisive tiebreak, 7-2, to give the Tigers the doubles point. Princeton then got wins from a pair of freshmen, brothers Andrew and Christian Husby, as well as juniors Darius Craton and Shannon Morales to win the match handily.
Andrew Husby defeated Halim at No. 5 singles by a 6-3, 6-4 score, while brother Christian was taken to two tiebreaks but won each to defeat Bauer, 7-6 and 7-6. Craton was taken to a tiebreak by Louis Desmarteaux at No. 1 in the first set, but finished out the match with a 6-1 win in the second set.
Morales defeated Boris Chiporuka at No. 4 singles, 6-2 and 7-5.
Princeton improved to 11-5 on the spring season with the win.
Princeton 5, St. John's 2
April 3, 2005
Doubles
#1: Andrew Lieu/Hans Plukas, P, def. Boris Chiporuka/David Nylen, SJ, 8-3
#2: Nick Stocker/Louis Desmarteaux, SJ, def. Darius Craton/Ted Mabrey, P, 8-5
#3: Blaise Goswami/Mark Gober, P, def. Morgan Bauer/Claudio Halim, SJ, 9-8 (2)
Singles
#1: Craton, P, def. Desmarteaux, SJ, 7-6, 6-1 #2: Nylen, SJ, def. Plukas, P, 6-4, 36-, 6-1
#3: Shannon Morales, P, def. Chiporuka, SJ, 6-2, 7-5
#4: Stocker, SJ, def. Jonathan Leslie, P, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
#5: Andrew Husby, P, def. Halim, SJ, 6-3, 6-4
#6: Christian Husby, P, def. Bauer, SJ, 7-6, 7-6