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Colautti Advances Through to Sunday at USTA/ITA Regional
October 19, 2014 | Men's Tennis
Princeton started the day with seven singles players remaining in the USTA/ITA Northeast Regional bracket and ended it with one.
Tom Colautti won both his second- and third-round matches Saturday at the USTA National Tennis Center's indoor courts and advanced to play Columbia's Winston Lin in the tournament's Round of 16. Lin is the tournament's No. 1 seed and was ranked No. 8 in the nation on the ITA's preseason list. Colautti's match is set for a 10 a.m. start.
“We had some very close matches today where we just didn't quite turn the corner," Princeton head coach Billy Pate said. "(Zack) McCourt had a couple of match points and (Alex) Day had two set points in his match. We simply need to do a better job of converting those chances. Nonetheless, we played some very quality opponents in each loss and I see a great deal of growth from our younger players the last few days. We have some good opportunities tomorrow with Colautti and our doubles team (McCourt/Day) still alive, so we'll look forward to getting back to work tomorrow."
McCourt and Day are slated to start their Round of 16 (third round) doubles match at 8:30 a.m. against R.J. Del Nunzio and Robert Livi of St. John's.
Princeton's results from Saturday's play are below.
Singles
Second Round
(84) Tyler Lu (Yale) def. Dan Richardson (Princeton), 6-3, 6-2
Tom Colautti (Princeton) def. Alexandre Felisa (Stony Brook), 6-3, 6-2
Eric Rubin (Columbia) def. Josh Yablon (Princeton), 6-4, 6-4
(71) Zack McCourt (Princeton) def. Raphael Termat (Stony Brook), 6-3, 6-2
Nicolas Podesta (Penn) def. Alex Day (Princeton), 6-4, 7-6
(108) Ashok Narayana (Columbia) def. Kial Kaiser (Princeton), 6-3, 6-4
Damien David (Buffalo) def. Luke Gamble (Princeton), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Third Round
Tom Colautti (Princeton) def. Bernardo Casares Rosa (Cornell), 2-6, 6-2, 7-6
Kenny Tao (Harvard) def. (71) Zack McCourt (Princeton), 6-2, 2-6, 7-6
ITA rankings are in parentheses