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Men's Tennis Beats Yale 4-1 at ECAC Tournament
February 18, 2012 | Men's Tennis
HANOVER, N.H. -- Princeton's men's tennis team advanced to the consolation final of the ECAC Championship Saturday with a 4-1 win over Yale.
Princeton, ranked 70th nationally, will face St. John's in Sunday's 10 a.m. match.
Princeton started by sweeping the doubles point and followed it up with singles wins from Matija Pecotic, Dan Richardson and Ravi Yegya-Raman to clinch the match. Yale's Daniel Hoffman picked up a point for his team with a win at second singles, and matches involving Princeton's Matt Siow and Matt Spindler were halted at third and fourth singles once the overall team match was clinched.
(70) Princeton (3-5) 4, Yale (4-2) 1
Doubles
1. (24) Siow/Spindler (P) def. Hoffman/Powers (Y), 8-3
2. Bloom/Pecotic (P) def. Huang/Joel Samaha (Y), 8-5
3. Michael Lin/Yohei Shoji (P) def. Blumenkranz/Chase (Y), 8-3
Singles
1. (59) Matija Pecotic (P) def. John Huang (Y), 6-4, 6-2
2. (123) Daniel Hoffman (Y) def. Augie Bloom (P), 7-6, 6-1
3. Erik Blumenkranz (Y) vs. Matt Spindler (P), 1-6, 6-4, 2-2 (DNF)
4. Kyle Dawson (Y) vs. Matt Siow (P), 6-3, 2-6, 4-1 (DNF)
5. Ravi Yegya-Raman (P) def. Zachary Krumholz (Y), 6-2, 7-5
6. Dan Richardson (P) def. Patrick Chase (Y), 6-1, 7-5