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Men's Tennis Concludes Spring Break Trip with 7-0 Loss to San Diego State
March 23, 2006 | Men's Tennis
March 23, 2006
RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. - The Princeton men's tennis team concluded its Spring Break trip to California with a 7-0 loss to 72nd-ranked San Diego State in a match played at the Fairbanks Ranch Country Club Thursday afternoon.
The doubles matches were tight throughout the lineup, but the Aztecs clinched at No. 2 when Markus Dickhardt and Stephan Timu outlasted Ted Mabrey and Alex Krueger-Wyman by a 9-7 score.
The Aztecs clinched the match overall when Anthony Gomez won two close sets against Shannon Morales at No. 5, 6-4 and 6-4.
Princeton took two of the six singles matches to a third set. At No. 4, Hans Plukas won the second set 6-3 against Timu before the San Diego State player won a proset 10-7. At No. 6, Alex Vuckovic split two tight sets with Robert Sabo, winning the second 6-4, before Sabo won a 10-7 proset to win the match.
The Tigers (4-8) played three nationally-ranked teams in their four matches in California. Princeton returns home to face Penn in its Ivy League opener next weekend.
No. 72 SAN DIEGO STATE 7, PRINCETON 0
Fairbanks Ranch Country Club, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Singles:
1) No. 116 Markus Dickhardt (SDSU) def. Darius Craton (Princeton), 6-2, 6-1.
2) Benedikt Stronk (SDSU) def. Sratha Saengsuwarn (Princeton), 6-3, 6-3. 3) Christian Groh (SDSU) def. Andrew Lieu (Princeton), 6-4, 6-2.
4) Stephan Timu (SDSU) def. Hans Plukas (Princeton), 6-3, 3-6, 10-7.
5) Anthony Gomez (SDSU) def. Shannon Morales (Princeton), 6-4, 6-4.
6) Robert Sabo (SDSU) def. Alex Vuckovic (Princeton), 7-5, 4-6, 10-7.
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 5*, 3, 4, 6
Doubles:
1) Benedikt Stronk/Billy Timu (SDSU) def. Hans Plukas/Andrew Lieu (Princeton), 8-5.
2) Markus Dickhardt/Stephan Timu (SDSU) def. Ted Mabrey/Alex Krueger-Wyman (Princeton), 9-7.
3) Christian Groh/Eugenio Romero (SDSU) def. Shannon Morales/Darius Craton (Princeton), 8-6.
SDSU wins doubles point
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3