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Men's Tennis Ends Spring Trip with 4-3 Win at Fla. Atlantic
March 21, 2010 | Men's Tennis
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Matija Pecotic came through with a win at second singles, tipping a 4-3 match toward Princeton as the Tigers defeated Florida Atlantic Sunday afternoon to close the spring trip.
Princeton claimed the doubles point as all three matches finished with 8-5 scores. Coleman Crutchfield, Yohei Shoji, Michael Lin and Matt Spindler contributed to those victories, but the Tigers needed more to get the overall win.
Florida Atlantic tied the score with a win at first singles, followed by Princeton pulling ahead 3-1 with wins by Matt Spindler and Yohei Shoji at third and sixth.
An FAU (9-7) win at fifth was the last of the two-set matches, bringing the Owls within 3-2. Princeton's Alex Faust then fell at fourth singles, making it a tied match with Pecotic remaining on court. The freshman from Malta rebounded from a first-set loss to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, improving Princeton's record to 4-10 and sending the Tigers north with a victory.
Princeton will play next at Penn Saturday to open the Ivy season.
Princeton (4-10) 4, Florida Atlantic (9-7) 3
Doubles
1. Coleman Crutchfield/Shoji (P) def. Harradine/Matschke (F), 8-5
2. Lin/Spindler (P) def. Garibovic/Scholl (F) 8-5
3. Abdelnour/Madon (F) def. Faust/Pecotic, (P) 8-5
Order of finish: 3,1,2
Singles
1 Marc Abdelnour (F) def. Charlie Brosens (P), 6-2, 6-2
2 Matija Pecotic (P) def. Lawrence Harradine (F), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
3 Matt Spindler (P) def. Ervin Garibovic (F), 6-3, 6-4
4 Joshua Scholl (F) def. Alex Faust (P), 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
5 Georg Matschke (F) def. Michael Lin (P), 6-4, 6-1
6 Yohei Shoji (P) def. Derek Madon (F), 6-3, 6-1
Order of finish: 1,3,6,5,4,2