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UAB Defeats Men's Tennis to Cap Spring Trip
March 19, 2011 | Men's Tennis
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Alabama-Birmingham took the doubles point as well as the singles matches on courts three through six to hand the Princeton men's tennis team a 5-2 defeat Saturday morning to end the Hilton Mission Valley Spring Classic in San Diego.
Matt Spindler was a winner in both doubles and singles play, teaming with Michael Lin to win at third doubles before getting a second-set tiebreak to defeat the Blazers' Lucas Dirube on court two. Matija Pecotic won a three-set match at first singles to claim Princeton's second point.
The match was Princeton's last before Ivy League play opens Saturday on campus against Penn.
UAB (3-7) 5, (53) Princeton (7-6) 2
Doubles
1. Puetz/Zimmerman (UAB) def. Yohei Shoji/Matt Siow (P), 9-7
2. Helliar/Manlow (UAB) def. Bloom/Faust (P), 8-4
3. Michael Lin/Spindler (P) def. Dirube/Moser (UAB), 8-4
Singles
1. Matija Pecotic (P) def. David Zimmerman (UAB), 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
2. Matt Spindler (P) def. Lucas Dirube (UAB), 6-3, 7-6
3. Danny Manlow (UAB) def. Augie Bloom (P), 7-5, 6-3
4. Tom Puetz (UAB) def. Dan Richardson (P), 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
5. Daniel Moser (UAB) def. Alex Faust (P), 6-2, 4-6, 11-9
6. Chris Helliar (UAB) def. Coleman Crutchfield (P), 6-4, 6-4