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Men's Tennis Knocks Off UMBC, 6-1, In ECAC Division I Invitational First Round
September 28, 2007 | Men's Tennis
Alex Krueger-Wyman helped Princeton clinch a close doubles point and also won in straight sets at No. 2 singles to help the No. 3 seed Tigers to a 6-1 win over No. 14 seed UMBC at the ECAC Division I Invitational Friday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Krueger-Wyman and George Carpeni defeated Chris Meyer and Fredi Voorman by an 8-6 score at No. 1 doubles after the Tigers and Retrievers had split the other two doubles matches. The Princeton junior then defeated Voorman by scores of 6-3 and 6-2 in singles to help the Tigers advance to the quarterfinals.
Princeton will play No. 6 seed Yale in a quarterfinal match Saturday morning beginning at 8 a.m. The Bulldogs defeated No. 11 seed Georgetown, 4-3, on Friday.
The Tigers had two other straight-set winners on Friday. No. 3 Alex Vuckovic lost just three games in a win over UMBC's Nick Savage-Pollock, while No. 6 player Jonathan Leslie defeated Fernando Ferreira by scores of 7-5 and 6-3.
At No. 1, Carpeni lost the first set to Meyer in a tiebreak but came back to win the match impressively, losing just one game in the final two sets.
Princeton also won at No. 3 doubles, where Ilya Trubov and freshman Ryan Kim won by an 8-2 score.
Princeton 6, UMBC 1
ECAC Division I Men's Tennis Invitational
Sept. 28, 2007
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Singles
1. Carpeni, P, def. Meyer, U, 6-7, 6-0, 6-1
2. Krueger-Wyman, P, def. Voorman, U, 6-3, 6-2
3. Vuckovic, P, def. Savage-Pollock, U, 6-0, 6-3
4. Jackson, U, def. Kim, P, 6-7, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4)
5. Brosens, P, def. Shamasdin, U, 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7)
6. Leslie, P, def. Ferreira, U, 7-5, 6-3
Doubles (Princeton wins doubles point)
1. Carpeni/Krueger-Wyman, P, def. Meyer/Voorman, U, 8-6
2. Shamasdin/Jackson, U, def. Capkovic/Vuckovic, P, 8-5
3. Trubov/Kim, P, def. Meyer/Ferreira, U, 8-2