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Men's, Women's Tennis Teams Complete Busy Saturday
October 10, 2009 | Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis
PRINCETON -- Princeton's tennis teams completed play Saturday in three sites on two coasts, with both ready to hit the courts again Sunday.
In Los Angeles, Hilary Bartlett and Taylor Marable wrapped up their competition in the ITA All-America doubles tournament with an 8-3 main draw consolation semifinal loss to Josipa Bek and Ina Hadziselimovic of Clemson, the No. 14 ranked team on the ITA's preseason list. Princeton's duo was ranked No. 21 on the ITA chart. On their way through the ITA doubles tournament, Marable and Bartlett won four of six matches, competing mostly against teams ranked in the top 15 on the ITA's list. Complete results from Bartlett's and Marable's time in California can be found here.
In the men's Columbia Invitational, Princeton saw both its singles players march through to Sunday's finals. Freshman Matija Pecotic defeated Rajeev Deb-Sen of Columbia, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 in the second round of the "A" flight, following it with a win over another Lion, Ekin Sezgen, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, in the semifinals. Pecotic will face Milo Hauk of St. John's in the final. Another freshman, Matt Siow, defeated Mark Millbrandt of Penn, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 in the "B" singles second round and then Michael Lampa of St. John's, 6-1, 6-2, in the semis. He will face Cyril Bucher of Columbia in the final.
Back on the women's side, staying in New York City but switching boroughs to Queens, Saiontz sisters Melissa and Rachel accounted for wins, as did Blakely Ashley on the first of three days at the USTA Invitational. Here are Princeton's results from Saturday's matches and Sunday's schedule in that event:
"A" singles:
First round: Melissa Saiontz (Princeton) def. (2) Denise Harijanto (Buffalo), 7-6(7), 6-3
Quarterfinals: Annie Houghton (Army) def. M. Saiontz, 6-3, 3-6, (10-5)
Consolation quarterfinals: M. Saiontz vs. Bianca Aboubakare (Brown), 12 p.m. Sunday
"B" singles:
First round: Jordan Jenkins (Liberty) def. (4) Rachel Saiontz (Princeton), 6-2, 6-2
Consolation first round: R. Saiontz def. Jacquelynn Tang (Syracuse), 6-0, 6-2
Consolation quarterfinals: R. Saiontz vs. Mollie Anderson (Penn), 12 p.m. Sunday
"C" singles:
First round: Sophie Chang (Harvard) def. Blakely Ashley (Princeton), 6-2, 6-4
Consolation first round: Diana Mortlock (N.C. State) def. Ashley, 6-3, 7-6(3)
"D" singles:
First round: Joanna Zwirbulis (St. John's) def. Sarah Hoffman (Princeton), 6-3, 3-6, (10-6)
Consolation first round: Jessie Rhee (Yale) def. Hoffman, 6-2, 6-0
"A" doubles:
(3) Lenka Hojckova/Sandhya Nagaraj (N.C. State) def. Hoffman/M. Saiontz (Princeton), 8-2
Hoffman/M. Saiontz vs. Jenkins/Nadia Solomon-Burgess (Liberty), 9 a.m. Sunday
"B" doubles:
(3) Ashley/R. Saiontz (Princeton) def. Chelsea Davis/Carling Donovan (Columbia), 8-1
Ashley/R. Saiontz vs. Charlotte Ezratty/Julianna Rodin (Penn), 9 a.m. Sunday