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McCourt, Colautti Advance to Finals at USTA Clay Court Invitational
November 01, 2014 | Men's Tennis
The Princeton duo of Zack McCourt and Tom Colautti advanced to the doubles finals at the USTA Collegiate Clay Court Invitational as members of the Tiger men's tennis team continued play at two events in Florida.
Colautti and McCourt defeated Southern California's Nick Crystal and Max de Vroome in the Orlando-area event's three-set doubles format to advance to a Sunday 1 p.m. final in the B draw against Carlos Benito and Eduardo Segura of Georgia Tech, ranked 20th in the country. Both the A draw and the B draw were bracketed evenly in terms of difficulty.
“We showed great improvement from the first day of this event and I understand from Ryan (assistant Coach Ryan Keckley) we had a much better performance today at the FGCU event," Princeton head coach Billy Pate said. "I think it's fair to say we were both disappointed with our first day of singles at both events. However, we've rebounded well and have continued to make positive strides in doubles. Zack and Tom executed on a few key points in securing a resourceful win against a good USC team. At both events the winds were 25 miles per hour at times and it was crucial to have mental toughness, which I believe our guys demonstrated. It's something positive to build on and we'll look to finish off both events well tomorrow.”
At the Florida Gulf Coast Fall Invitational in Fort Myers, Princeton advanced the doubles pair of Alex Day and Luke Gamble in the A draw. Day and Gamble will face Sebastian Rey and Constantin Schmitz of Tulane in Sunday's final.
Play will begin at the FGCU Fall Invite at 8 a.m. Sunday.
Princeton's results from Saturday are below, and updated draws are available at the PDF links on this page.
USTA Collegiate Clay Court Invitational
Doubles
Semifinals
B Draw
Tom Colautti/Zack McCourt (Princeton) def. Nick Crystal/Max de Vroome (USC), 7-5, 0-6, (8-6)
Singles
Consolation
Tom Colautti (Princeton) def. Parker Evertsen (Florida State), 6-3, 6-1
Diego Vives (Princeton) def. Tanner Smith (USC), 6-1, 6-1
Florida Gulf Coast Fall Invitational
Doubles
Quarterfinals
A Draw
Alex Day/Luke Gamble (Princeton) def. Daniel Echeverry/Johnathan Gonzalez (Texas-Arlington), 8-5
B Draw
Florin Radu/Ben Tso (Princeton) def. Kieran Cronin/Bernard Wezeman (Nicholls St.), 8-7(3)
C Draw
Egor Panyushkin/Bruno Sisti (St. Leo) def. Mohamed El Tonbari/Dan Richardson (Princeton), 8-5
Semifinals
A Draw
Alex Day/Luke Gamble (Princeton) def. Fabian Groetsch/Ahmed Triki (Barry), 8-2
B Draw
Will Neuner/Gerald Nickerson (Fla. Atlantic) def. Florin Radu/Ben Tso (Princeton), 8-1
Consolation
C Draw
Mohamed El Tonbari/Dan Richardson (Princeton) def. Nico Dreer/Ajdin Tahirovic (Barry), 8-3
Singles
Consolation
A Draw
Alex Day (Princeton) def. Jovan Parlic (Arkansas), 6-1, 7-6(3)
Kial Kaiser (Princeton) def. Hank Workman (Boston College), 6-1, 6-2
B Draw
Luke Gamble (Princeton) def. Evan Karatzas (Nicholls State), 6-1, 6-4
Dan Richardson (Princeton) def. Inaki Espindola (Central Florida), 7-5, 7-6(3)
C Draw
Florin Radu (Princeton) def. Chris Perrigan (Fla. Gulf Coast), 6-1, 6-3
Ben Tso (Princeton) def. Aidan McNulty (Boston College), 6-4, 7-5
D Draw
Mohamed El Tonbari (Princeton) def. Austin Bates (Fla. Gulf Coast), 6-3, 6-1