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Men's Tennis Defeats No. 71 Penn State in Opener 4-3
January 29, 2011 | Men's Tennis
PRINCETON -- Matt Spindler's three-set victory at second singles clinched a 4-3 win for the Princeton men's tennis team over No. 71 Penn State in its dual-meet season opener.
The win is Princeton's first over Penn State since 2002, though the teams have only since played in 2008 and 2010. Penn State drops to 2-1 on the season with the loss.
Princeton swept the doubles point and split the first four singles matches, leaving Ravi Yegya-Raman's and Spindler's matches to decide it. Penn State's Russell Bader eked out a 7-5 win in the third set against Yegya-Raman to tie the match at 3-3, but Spindler, who survived a tiebreak in the second set, closed it out with a 6-2 win in the third set.
The victory is Princeton's first over a ranked team since Feb. 13, 2010, when it knocked off No. 69 Yale. The Tigers will have another chance at a win over a ranked opponent next Saturday, Feb. 5, when they travel to Northwestern. The Wildcats are presently ranked No. 59, though a new ITA poll will come out Thursday.
Princeton (1-0) 4, (71) Penn State (2-1) 3
Doubles
1. Pecotic/Siow (P) def. Bourchier/Lee (PS), 8-5
2. Bloom/Michael Lin (P) def. Bader/Chris Hasyn (PS), 8-6
3. Alex Faust/Yohei Shoji (P) def. Cohen/Welnetz (PS), 8-7
Order of finish: 1,2,3
Singles
1. Eddie Bourchier (PS) def. Matija Pecotic (P), 7-5, 7-5
2. Matt Spindler (P) def. Jason Lee (PS), 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-2
3. Bryan Welnetz (PS) def. Matt Siow (P), 6-4, 7-5
4. Augie Bloom (P) def. Chris Young (PS), 6-2, 6-4
5. Dan Richardson (P) def. Taylor Cohen (PS), 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
6. Russell Bader (PS) def. Ravi Yegya-Raman (P), 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
Order of finish: 4,3,1,5,6,2