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Men's Tennis Tops No. 70 Georgia State, 6-1
March 02, 2008 | Men's Tennis
The Princeton men's tennis team earned its second win over a ranked opponent in the last three days with an impressive 6-1 victory over No. 70 Georgia State Sunday morning at the Piedmont Tennis Center.
Especially impressive for Princeton (5-3) were singles wins by Ryan Kim at No. 4 and Jonathan Leslie at No. 6. Leslie didn't lose a game in a straight-set win over Ross Hopper at No. 6, while Kim lost just one game in a win over William Adeimy at No. 4.
Kim also helped the Tigers clinch the doubles point, joining Peter Capkovic to defeat Hopper and Aleksandar Elezovic by an 8-2 score at No. 3.
Princeton also got singles wins Sunday from Alex Krueger-Wyman, George Carpeni and Ilyva Trubov. Krueger-Wyman won in three sets at No. 2, while Trubov won the first set in a tiebreak before putting away Trenton Spinks 6-4 in the second at No. 5.
The Tigers also defeated 42nd-ranked Clemson by a 4-3 score Friday afternoon in South Carolina.
Princeton will host Stony Brook Friday afternoon at Jadwin Gym before heading to California for a Spring Break trip.
Princeton 6, Georgia State 1
March 2, 2008
Piedmont Tennis Center, Atlanta, Ga.
Doubles (Princeton wins doubles point)
1. Anze Cevka/Nejc Podkrajsek, G, def. Alex Krueger-Wyman/George Carpeni, P, 8-4
2. Mark Gober/Alex Faust, P, def. William Adeimy/Trenton Spinks, G, 8-3
3. Peter Capkovic/Ryan Kim, P, def. Aleksandar Elezovic/Ross Hopper, G, 8-2
Singles
1. Cevka, G, def. Capkovic, P, 6-3, 6-0
2. Krueger-Wyman, P, def. Podkrajsek, G, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
3. Carpeni, P, def. Elezovic, G, 6-4, 6-3
4. Kim, P, def. Adeimy, G, 6-1, 6-0
5. Ilya Trubov, P, def. Spinks, G, 7-6, 6-4
6. Jonathan Leslie, P, def. Hopper, G, 6-0, 6-0