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Purdue Gets Past Men's Tennis in ITA Kickoff Event
January 29, 2012 | Men's Tennis
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- In a match that nearly went the distance before a clincher, No. 72 Purdue outlasted the No. 63 Princeton men's tennis team 4-2 Sunday afternoon in Texas.
Purdue won the doubles point by taking the first two matches to be decided before Augie Bloom and Matija Pecotic claimed a 9-7 decision at on court two.
Princeton got the first point in singles play to tie it up when 46th-ranked Pecotic defeated 105th-ranked Mark Kovacz in straight sets, but Purdue won three of the next four matches to be played to completion. Purdue's Evan Hawkins capped it off with a win over Ravi Yegya-Raman at sixth singles for the clincher. Freshman Zack McCourt accounted for Princeton's second point with his three-set winner over Krisztian Krocsko at fifth singles.
The Tigers will return to the northeast for a match at Penn State Wednesday before returning home for Cleveland State Saturday.
(72) Purdue (1-2) 4, (63) Princeton (0-2) 2
Doubles
1. Aaron Dujovne/Szymon Tatarczyk (Pur) def. (11) Matt Siow/Matt Spindler (Prin), 8-6
2. Augie Bloom/Matija Pecotic (Prin) def. Krisztian Krocsko/Pawel Poziomski (Pur), 9-7
3. Diego Acosta/Mark Kovacs (Pur) def. Michael Lin/Yohei Shoji (Prin), 8-3
Order of finish: 3,1,2
Singles
1. (46) Matija Pecotic (Prin) def. (105) Mark Kovacs (Pur), 6-3, 6-2
2. Szymon Tatarczyk (Pur) def. Augie Bloom (Prin), 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
3. Matt Spindler (Prin) vs. Aaron Dujovne (Pur) 6-2, 1-6, 3-3 (susp.)
4. Diego Acosta (Pur) def. Matt Siow (Prin), 7-5, 6-3
5. Zack McCourt (Prin) def. Krisztian Krocsko (Pur), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
6. Evan Hawkins (Pur) def. Ravi Yegya-Raman (Prin), 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
Order of finish: 1,4,5,2,6