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Harvard Wins Tight One in Men's Tennis over Princeton, 4-3
April 15, 2006 | Men's Tennis
April 15, 2006
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Princeton defeated two nationally-ranked doubles teams to win the doubles point, but Harvard earned three-set wins at Nos. 3 and 4 singles to pull out a 4-3 victory over the Tigers in a men's tennis match played Saturday afternoon.
The Tigers (6-12, 1-4 Ivy) got a huge doubles point when Andrew Lieu and Ted Mabrey defeated 43rd-ranked Ashwin Kumar and Sasha Ermakov and Hans Plukas and Alex Krueger-Wyman outlasted No. 59 Gideon Valkin and Scott Denenberg by a 9-7 score. But Ermakov defeated Plukas 6-2 in the third at No. 4 singles and Dan Nguyen beat Lieu 6-1 in the third at No. 3 to help Harvard clinch the match.
Princeton got singles wins at both No. 5 and No. 6. At No. 6, Shannon Morales defeated Denenberg in a second-set tiebreak. At No. 5, freshman Alex Vuckovic came back from a set down to defeat Nick Savage 6-2 in the third set.
The Tigers visit Columbia on Friday afternoon as they begin their final weekend of competition in 2006.
Harvard 4, Princeton 3
April 15, 2006
Beren Tennis Center
Singles
#1 #101 Ashwin Kumar, H, def. Darius Craton, P, 6-4, 6-4
#2 Chris Clayton, H, def. Sratha Saengsuwarn, P, 6-1,6-3 #3 Dan Nguyen, H, def. Andrew Lieu, P, 7-5,2-6,6-1
#4 Sasha Ermakov, H, def. Hans Plukas, P, 6-2,3-6,6-2
#5 Alex Vuckovic, P, def. Nick Savage, H, 5-7,6-4,6-2
#6 Shannon Morales, P, def. Scott Denenberg, H, 6-2,7-6
Doubles
#1 Lieu/Ted Mabrey, P, def. #43 Kumar/Ermakov, H, 8-6
#2 Plukas/Alex Krueger-Wyman, P, def. #59 Gideon Valkin/Denenberg, 9-7
#3 Brandon Chiu/Savage, H, def. Craton/Morales, P, 8-5