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Tigers Advance To ECAC Invitational Semifinals With 5-2 Win Over Yale
September 29, 2007 | Men's Tennis
Princeton won a hotly-contested 5-2 decision against Yale in the ECAC Division I Invitational quarterfinal round Saturday, winning a close doubles point before getting straight-set wins from Alex Krueger-Wyman at No. 3 and Alex Vuckovic at No. 4 to help clinch in singles.
Krueger-Wyman won a tight 7-5 first set over Rory Green before using a dominating 6-1 second set to win the match. Vuckovic gutted out a 6-4, 7-6 win over Connor Dawson at No. 4, winning the second-set tiebreak by a 7-5 score.
The Tigers clinched the match when Peter Capkovic completed a comeback from a set down by defeating Michael Caldwell 6-2 in the third set at No. 1 singles. Capkovic had also joined with Vuckovic to win at No. 2 doubles 8-5.
Princeton clinched the doubles point when Krueger-Wyman and Carpeni won in a tiebreak against Green and Calvin Bennett at No. 1.
The Tigers, who also got a singles win from Charlie Brosens at No. 6, play No. 7 Brown in the semifinals Sunday morning. The Bears upset No. 2 seed Columbia in another quarterfinal match Saturday.
Saturday, September 29
Princeton def. Yale 5-2
Doubles (Princeton wins doubles point)
#1 George Carpeni/Alex Krueger-Wyman def. Rory Green/Calvin Bennett 9-8
#2 Peter Capkovic/Alex Vuckovic def. Michael Caldwell/Connor Dawson 8-5
#3 Ryan Kim/Ilya Trubov lost to Jeff Dawson/Josh Lederman 9-8
Singles
#1 Capkovic def. Caldwell 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
#2 Carpeni lost to J. Dawson 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
#3 Krueger-Wyman def. Green 7-5, 6-1
#4 Vuckovic def. C. Dawson 6-4, 7-6 (5)
#5 Kim lost to Bennett 7-5, 3-6, 4-4 (5)
#6 Charlie Brosens def. Tom Santoro 7-5, 3-6, 2-2 (5)