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Men's Tennis Falls At Harvard, 6-1
April 12, 2008 | Men's Tennis
The Princeton men's tennis team fell to first-place Harvard by a 6-1 score Saturday afternoon in Cambridge. The match was a tight one despite the final score, with four singles matches featuring either a 7-5 set or a tiebreak.
The Crimson, now 4-0 in the Ivy League, won the top two doubles matches to earn the doubles point. Princeton (9-9, 1-4 Ivy) challenged in singles, but the Crimson won five of the six matches.
At No. 1 singles, Princeton's Peter Capkovic had a nice win over Harvard No. 1 Ashwin Kumar, winning an extended 17-15 tiebreak after splitting the first two sets. At No. 2, George Carpeni played well against nationally-ranked Chris Clayton before falling 7-5 and 6-4.
Ryan Kim played a close match for Princeton at No. 3 singles, falling by the same 6-4, 7-6 scores to Dan Nguyen.
Capkovic and Kim won at No. 3 doubles for Princeton.
The Tigers play at Columbia and host Cornell next weekend to conclude the season.
Harvard 6, Princeton 1
Beren Tennis Center
Cambridge, Mass.
Doubles
1. Ashwin Kumar/Sasha Ermakov, H, def. Alex Vuckovic/George Carpeni, P, 8-5
2. Alexei Chijoff-Evans/MIchael Hayes, H, def. Alex Faust/Mark Gober, P, 8-6
3. Ryan Kim/Peter Capkovic, P, def. Aba Omodele-Lucien/Dan Nguyen, H, 8-6
Singles
1. Capkovic, P, def. Kumar, H, 6-1, 5-7, 1-0 (17-15)
2. No. 108 Chris Clayton, H, def. Carpeni, P, 7-5, 6-4
3. Nguyen, H, def. Kim, P, 6-4, 7-6
4. Ermakov, H, def. Vuckovic, P, 6-1, 7-5
5. Omodele-Lucien, H, def. Faust, P, 6-4, 6-3
6. Chijoff-Evans, H, def. Gober, P, 6-2, 6-2