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Men's Tennis Ends Pre-Ivy Slate with 7-0 Win at No. 70 UC Irvine
March 22, 2009 | Men's Tennis
COTO DE CAZA, Calif. -- Princeton men's tennis made it back-to-back wins over teams ranked in the ITA-top 75 with a 7-0 victory over No. 70 UC Irvine Saturday afternoon.
Princeton defeated No. 60 Utah 4-3 Friday and now has an 8-6 record on the dual-meet season. Ivy competition begins next Saturday with Princeton hosting Penn, and Harvard is the only Ivy team currently ranked by the ITA, checking in at No. 57.
Peter Capkovic, Alex Vuckovic and Ryan Kim were all winners on both the doubles and singles courts while Alex Faust, Charlie Brosens and George Carpeni chipped in singles wins to complete the sweep.
Princeton (8-6) 7, (70) UC Irvine (7-10) 0
Doubles
1. Capkovic/Vuckovic (P) def. Miller/Issara (UCI), 8-4
2. Ilya Trubov/Kim def. Zach Tsai/Kazarian (UCI), 8-6
3. Carpeni/Yohei Shoji lost to Henderson/Gautam Vaidyanathan (UCI), 8-6
Singles
1. Peter Capkovic (P) def. Fabian Matthews (UCI), 6-4, 6-4
2. Alex Vuckovic (P) def. Steven Henderson (UCI) 7-5, 6-4
3. George Carpeni (P) def. Wes Miller (UCI), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
4. Ryan Kim (P) def. Khunpol Issara (UCI), 7-6, 6-2
5. Alex Faust (P) def. Sam Gould (UCI), 6-4, 6-4
6. Charlie Brosens (P) def. Stephen Stege (UCI), 6-1, 6-4