Princeton University
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Men's Tennis Tops St. John's 5-2
February 28, 2009 | Men's Tennis
PRINCETON -- Princeton used its strength at the top of the lineup to boost it to a 5-2 men's tennis win over St. John's Saturday afternoon in Jadwin Gym.
The Tigers improve to 3-3 on the spring dual season while the Red Storm drop to 4-4.
Peter Capkovic, George Carpeni and Alex Vuckovic were the top three singles players and also picked up doubles wins to help Princeton claim the point. Alex Faust won at fourth singles to win Princeton's final tally.
The Tigers will host College of Charleston Sunday at 2 p.m. in Jadwin Gym.
Princeton (3-3) 5, St. John's (4-4) 2
Doubles
1) Capkovic/Vuckovic (P) def. Honig/Cerny (S), 8-3
2) Kim/Ilya Trubov (P) def. Sasha Svetlakov/Kosut (S), 8-4
3) Carpeni/Shoji (P) def. Loza/Hauk (S), 8-7(5)
Singles
1) Peter Capkovic (P) def. Asaf Honig (S), 6-0, 6-2
2) George Carpeni (P) def. Gustavo Loza (S), 6-2, 7-6
3) Alex Vuckovic (P) def. Milo Hauk (S), 6-3, 6-3
4) Alex Faust (P) def. Pavel Cerny (S), 6-7, 6-4, (10-8)
5) Martin Kosut (S) def. Ryan Kim (P), 6-2, 6-4
6) Jordan Talbot (S) def. Yohei Shoji (P), 6-4, 7-5