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Men's Tennis Gets Ivy League Win at Yale, 4-3
April 09, 2005 | Men's Tennis
April 9, 2005
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Princeton men's tennis team earned its first Ivy League win Saturday afternoon with a 4-3 victory over Yale. The Tigers won a hotly-contested doubles point, then had two key three-set singles victories to clinch the match.
Princeton improved to 12-6 overall and 1-2 in Ivy League play.
The key singles matches for Princeton came at No. 3, where Sratha Saengsuwarn outlasted Rowan Reynolds 7-5 in the third set, and at No. 6, where senior David Gopstein lost the first set to Chris Lawler but rebounded to win the final two sets 6-1 and 6-2.
Princeton also got a straight-set win at No. 5 singles from Andrew Lieu, who defeated Rory Green 6-1 and 7-5
The Tigers won the doubles point when Andrew Lieu and Hans Plukas won in a tiebreak at No. 1 and Josh Burman and Saengsuwarn won a 9-7 decision at No. 2. Burman also played well at No. 1 singles against Yale's Brandon Wai, ranked No. 78 nationally, but fell 6-4 and 6-4.
Singles
#1: No. 78 Brandon Wai, Y, Josh Burman, P, 6-4, 6-4
#2: Ryan Murphy, Y, def. Darius Craton, P, 6-4,6-2
#3: Sratha Saengsuwarn, P, def. Rowan Reynolds, Y, 6-0,4-6,7-5 #4: Milosz Gudzowski, Y, def. Hans Plukas, P, 6-2,3-6,7-6
#5: Andrew Lieu, P, def. Rory Green, Y, 6-1,7-5
#6: David Gopstein, P, def. Chris Lawler, Y, 4-6,6-1,6-2
Doubles
#1: Andrew Lieu/Hans Plukas, P, Ryan Murphy/Brandon Wai, Y, 9-8
#2: Josh Burman/Sratha Saengsuwarn, P, def. Rowan Reynolds/Chris Lawler, Y, 9-7
#3: Milosz Gudzowski/Rory Green, Y, def. Darius Craton/Ted Mabrey, P, 9-8