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No. 27 Alabama Outlasts Princeton in Men's Tennis, 5-2
February 23, 2007 | Men's Tennis
27th-ranked Alabama won a hotly-contested doubles point with two tiebreak victories and won three singles matches in straight sets on the way to a 5-2 win over No. 74 Princeton in a men's tennis match played at Jadwin Gym Friday afternoon.
Each doubles match went to a tiebreak Friday, but Alabama won at No. 3 and No. 1 to clinch the point. The tiebreak in the No. 1 match between Princeton's Alex Krueger-Wyman and Sratha Saengsuwarn and Alabama's Dan Buikema and Mathieu Thibaudeau ended in a 10-8 score.
Princeton won both the No. 1 and No. 2 singles matches after the team match was clinched. Peter Capkovic won a third-set proset over the 56th-ranked player in the country, Joseph Jung, while Saengsuwarn won a proset over Sammy Struyf at No. 2.
At No. 4, George Carpeni also went to three sets with Javier Bes before Bes won a third-set proset.
The Tigers (2-1) host St. Joseph's on Saturday at Jadwin Gym.
#27 Alabama 5, #74 Princeton 2
Feb. 23, 2007
Jadwin Gym
Singles
1. Peter Capkovic (P), def. Joseph Jung (A), 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8)
2. Sratha Saengsuwarn (P), def. Sammy Struyf (A), 7-6, 4-6, 1-0 (7)
3. Billy Mertz (A), def. Alex Krueger-Wyman (P), 6-2, 6-3
4. Javier Bes (A), def. George Carpeni (A), 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (8)
5. Mathieu Thibaudeau(A), def. Charlie Brosens (P), 6-2, 6-0
6. Dan Buikema (A), def. Ted Mabrey (P), 6-4, 6-2
Doubles
1. Buikema/Thibaudeau (A), def. Krueger-Wyman/Saengsuwarn (P), 9-8 (8)
2. Capkovic/Alex Vuckovic (P), def. Jung/Saketh Myneni (A), 8-7 (1)
3. Mertz/Bes (A), def. Mabrey/Mark Gober (P), 9-8 (3)