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Tigers Win Third Straight, Defeat Stony Brook 5-2
March 04, 2006 | Men's Tennis
March 4, 2006
The Princeton men's tennis team used strength at the bottom of its singles lineup to help defeat Stony Brook on Saturday at Jadwin Gym, 5-2, and improve to 3-4 on the spring season.
The Tigers won in straight sets at every position from No. 3 through No. 6 in singles. The most impressive wins came at No. 4, where freshman Alex Vuckovic defeated Jean Francois Robitaille 6-1 and 6-2, and at No. 6, where sophomore Christian Husby also lost just three games in a win over Matt Jacobson.
Vuckovic was also a key factor in Princeton picking up the doubles point. He and fellow freshman Alex Krueger-Wyman toughed out a 9-7 win at No. 3 doubles over Jacobson and Michael Crooks after the teams had split at Nos. 1 and 2.
Hans Plukas won at No. 3 singles for Princeton, defeating Nihal Advani 6-2 and 6-4, while Andrew Husby won a first-set tiebreak on the way to a win over Youssef Fassi-Fehri at No. 5 singles.
The Tigers host Army at Jadwin Gym Friday afternoon.
Princeton 5, Stony Brook 2 March 4, 2006
Doubles #1 Nihal Advani/Jean Francois Robitaille, SB, def. Andrew Lieu/Sratha Saengsuwarn, P, 8-4 #2 Darius Craton/Shannon Morales, P, def. Tal Meir/Youssef Fassi-Fehri, SB, 8-2 #3 Alex Krueger-Wyman/Alex Vuckovic, P, def. Michael Crooks/Matt Jacobson, SB, 9-7
Singles #1 Meir, SB, def. Saengsuwarn, P, 6-3, 7-5 #2 Crooks def. Lieu, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 #3 Hans Plukas, P, def. Advani, SB, 6-2. 6-4 #4 Vuckovic, P, def. Robitaille, SB, 6-1, 6-2 #5 Andrew Husby, P, def. Fassi-Fehri, SB, 7-6, 6-3 #6 Christian Husby, P, def. Matt Jacobson, SB 6-2, 6-1