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Men's Tennis Enjoys Successful First Day at USTA Invitational
September 26, 2009 | Men's Tennis
NEW YORK -- Princeton's men's tennis team had an outstanding Friday in the opening day of competition at the USTA Eastern collegiate invitational at the Tennis Center in Queens.
Princeton's eight entrants combined to go 14-2 in singles and 4-0 in doubles. In the D singles bracket, Princeton's victories are about to pit two Tigers against each other as Matt Siow and Yohei Shoji will meet in a semifinal match Saturday.
Here are Princeton's complete results from the first day of competition:
A singles
First round: Matija Pecotic (Princeton) def. Adam Schwartz (Penn), 6-1, 6-1
Quarterfinals: Pecotic (Princeton) def. Sven Vloedgraven (Binghamton), 7-5, 7-5
Semifinals: Pecotic (Princeton) vs. Johnathan Wong (Columbia), 1:30 p.m. Saturday
B singles
First round: Matt Spindler (Princeton) def. Gary Kushnirovich (Army), 6-2, 6-4
Quarterfinals: Spindler (Princeton) vs. Jeremy Feldman (Cornell), TBD
C singles
First round: Alex Faust (Princeton) def. Dan Penaranda (Fairleigh Dickinson), 6-3, 4-6, (10-5)
Quarterfinals: Jonathan Schroeder (Boston College) def. Faust (Princeton), 6-2, 7-6(2)
Consolation: Faust (Princeton) vs. Arnav Jain (Binghamton), 11:45 a.m. Sat.
D singles
First round: Coleman Crutchfield (Princeton) def. Robert Wong (Penn), 7-5, 6-1
Quarterfinals: Mike Lampa (St. John's) def. Crutchfield (Princeton), 6-1, 6-3
Consolation: Crutchfield (Princeton) def. Alexandre Haggai (Binghamton), 11:45 a.m. Sat.
First round: Yohei Shoji (Princeton) def. Robert Ferrante (Fairfield), 6-7, 6-3, (10-4)
Quarterfinals: Shoji (Princeton) def. Kevin Kung (Columbia), 6-2, 6-4
First round: Matt Siow (Princeton) def. Dom Hemy (Fairleigh Dickinson), 6-3, 6-4
Quarterfinals: Siow (Princeton) def. Matt Himmelsbach (Marist), 7-5, 6-3
Semifinals: Siow (Princeton) vs. Shoji (Princeton), 1:30 p.m. Sat.
E singles
First round: Michael Lin (Princeton) def. John Lucero (Army), 6-1, 7-5
Quarterfinals: Lin (Princeton) def. Ruben Devos (Binghamton), 6-2, 6-3
Semifinals: Lin (Princeton) vs. Jason Magnes (Penn), 1:30 p.m. Sat.
F singles
First round: Parker Preyer (Princeton) def. Nick Mazzerese (Sacred Heart), 6-1, 6-1
Quarterfinals: Preyer (Princeton) def. Alex Holland (Army), 7-5, 6-2
Semifinals: Preyer (Princeton) vs. Jeff Karsh (Penn), 1:30 p.m. Sat.
A doubles
First round: Yohei Shoji/Matt Siow (Princeton) def. Pavel Cerny/Milo Hauk (St. John's), 9-8
Quarterfinals: Shoji/Siow (Princeton) vs. Haig Schneiderman/Johnathan Wong (Columbia), 9 a.m. Saturday
First round: Matija Pecotic/Matt Spindler (Princeton) def. Christian Coley/Rhys Hobbs (Marist), 8-6
Quarterfinals: Pecotic/Spindler (Princeton) vs. Alistair Felton/Christo Schultz (Harvard), 9 a.m. Saturday
B doubles
First round: Coleman Crutchfield/Alex Faust (Princeton) def. Kirill Kasyanov/Nick Mazzerese (Sacred Heart), 8-5
Quarterfinals: Crutchfield/Faust (Princeton) vs. Akash Muppidi/Jonathan Schroeder (Boston College), 9 a.m. Saturday
C doubles
First round: Michael Lin/Parker Preyer (Princeton) def. Ryan Berthod/Joe Michalisin (Fairfield), 8-5
Quarterfinals: Lin/Preyer (Princeton) vs. Andrew Denny/Sven Sjoerds (Fairleigh Dickinson), 9 a.m. Saturday