Princeton University
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Men's Tennis Falls To No. 15 Pepperdine, 7-0
March 21, 2008 | Men's Tennis
The Princeton men's tennis team concluded a Spring Break trip to California with a 7-0 loss to a 15th-ranked Pepperdine team that featured two national top-20 singles players and a national top-25 doubles team.
The 64th-ranked Tigers (8-5) gave the Waves (8-6) all they could handle in doubles, including the No. 1 match that went to a tiebreak, but a Pepperdine singles lineup that featured three ranked players was too strong.
Alex Krueger-Wyman was part of a pair of close matches for Princeton Friday. In doubles, he and partner George Carpeni took their match against No. 23-ranked Andre Begemann and Omar Altmann to a tiebreak, which the Waves' No. 1 team won by a 7-4 score. In singles, Krueger-Wyman battled the nationally-ranked Altmann at No. 3, but Altmann had one break in each set on the way to a 6-4, 7-5 victory.
At No. 1, Peter Capkovic lost a 6-3, 6-4 decision to 10th-ranked Begemann, while Carpeni fell 6-1 and 6-4 to 20th-ranked Bassam Beidas at No. 2 singles.
The Tigers begin Ivy League play next Saturday afternoon at Penn.
No. 15 Pepperdine 7, No. 64 Princeton 0
Ralphs-Strauss Tennis Center
Malibu, Calif.
Singles
1. #10 Andre Begemann, Pep, def. Peter Capkovic, Prin, 6-3, 6-4
2. #20 Bassam Beidas, Pep, def. George Carpeni, Prin, 6-1, 6-4
3. #123 Omar Altmann, Pep, def. Alex Krueger-Wyman, Prin, 6-4, 7-5
4. Mahmoud Kamel, Pep, def. Charlie Brosens, Prin, 6-3, 6-4
5. Johannes de Villiers, Pep, def. Alex Faust, Prin, 6-3, 6-1
6. Brian Brogan, Pep, def. Parker Preyer, Prin, 6-1, 6-0
Order of Finish: 6, 1, 2*, 5, 3, 4
Doubles
1. #23 Begemann/Altmann, Pep, def. Krueger-Wyman/Carpeni, Prin, 9-8 (4)
2. Beidas/de Villiers, Pep, def. Capkovic/Alex Vuckovic, Prin, 8-6
3. Lemke/Kamel, Pep, def. Mark Gober/Faust, Prin, 8-3
Order of Finish: 3, 2*, 1