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South Florida Tops Men's Tennis, 5-2
March 14, 2010 | Men's Tennis
TAMPA, Fla. -- Princeton won the doubles point, but the Tiger men's tennis team was able to follow with just one singles victory in a 5-2 loss to South Florida Sunday.
The match was Princeton's first outdoor contest of the 2010 spring season.
Princeton's (3-7) Michael Lin and Matt Spindler put the Tigers ahead in doubles play after a win at second, but South Florida tied it with an 8-5 win over Coleman Crutchfield and Alex Faust at third. The top Tiger doubles team of Yohei Shoji and Matt Siow pulled out a 9-7 win at first to clinch the point.
In singles play, Siow's match at third was the first to finish, tying the score at 1-1 after a 6-3, 6-1 defeat. The Bulls (4-6) won four more singles matches, including nullifying Ryan Kim's first-set win at fifth singles to take that match in three, and holding on for a slim 7-5, 7-6 win at first singles over Matija Pecotic, who was healthy enough to return to the lineup.
Princeton's singles point came from Charlie Brosens, who won on a third-set retirement by the Bulls' Jamal Adderley after splitting the first two.
The Tigers will head halfway across the Sunshine State to meet No. 61 Central Florida for a 2 p.m. match Monday.
South Florida (4-6) 5, Princeton (3-7) 2
Doubles
1. Yohei Shoji/Siow (P) def. Adderley/Thomas Estrada (SF), 9-7
2. Michael Lin/Spindler (P) def. Romain Deridder/Frank (SF), 8-4
3. Acuna/Kilani (SF) def. Coleman Crutchfield/Faust (P), 8-5
Order of finish: 2,3,1
Singles
1. (114) Wael Kilani (SF) def. Matija Pecotic (P), 7-5, 7-6
2. Charlie Brosens (P) def. Jamal Adderley (SF), 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 ret.
3. Peter Frank (SF) def. Matt Siow (P), 6-3, 6-1
4. Mark Oljaca (SF) def. Matt Spindler (P), 7-5, 6-4
5. Juan Carlos Acuna (SF) def. Ryan Kim (P), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
6. Alex Pukal (SF) def. Alex Faust (P), 6-2, 7-5
Order of finish: 3,6,4,1,5,2