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Men's Tennis Begins Spring Break Trip With 6-1 Loss to No. 2 Pepperdine
March 18, 2006 | Men's Tennis
March 18, 2006
MALIBU, Calif. - Princeton played well in doubles competition and got a singles win at No. 6 from Jonathan Leslie, but second-ranked Pepperdine was too much to handle in a 6-1 win over the Tigers in a match played Saturday afternoon.
Princeton's No. 1 doubles team of Hans Plukas and Andrew Lieu performed admirably against the No. 1-ranked team in the country, Pepperdine's Andre Begemann and Scott Doerner, but the Wave team won by an 8-5 score. At No. 3 doubles, Darius Craton and Shannon Morales held an early lead before falling by the same 8-5 score.
The Tigers split sets at singles positions four through six, and Leslie won a 10-point proset at No. 6 over Oliver Hyams to get Princeton's win on the day. At No. 4, Hans Plukas took the first set in a tiebreak against Begemann, while Alex Vuckovic won the second set against Omar Altmann before falling in a 10-point proset.
At No. 2 singles, Craton played a tough first set against 20th-ranked Pedro Rico.
Princeton, now 4-5 on the spring, plays Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles Monday afternoon.
No. 2 Pepperdine 6, Princeton 1
March 18, 2006
Singles
1. #17 Scott Doerner (PEP) def. Sratha Saengsuwarn (PR) 6-1, 6-3 2. #20 Pedro Rico (PEP) def. Darius Craton (PR) 6-4, 6-0
3. Richard Johnson (PEP) def. Andrew Lieu (PR) 6-0, 6-1
4. Andre Begemann (PEP) def. Hans Plukas (PR) 7-6, 6-0, 10-4
5. Omar Altmann (PEP) def. Alex Vuckovic (PR) 6-4, 5-7, 10-5
6. Jonathan Leslie (PR) def. Oliver Hyams (PEP) 3-6, 6-3, 10-3
Doubles
1. #1 Andre Begemann/Scott Doerner (PEP) def. Hans Plukas/Andrew Lieu (PR) 8-5
2. #35 Ivor Lovrak/Pedro Rico (PEP) def. Alex Krueger-Wyman/Alex Vuckovic (PR) 8-2
3. Omar Altmann/Richard Johnson (PEP) def. Darius Craton/Shannon Morales (PR) 8-5