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Day, Gamble Win Doubles Flight at Florida Gulf Coast Tournament
November 02, 2014 | Men's Tennis
The penultimate weekend of the fall schedule came to an close Sunday for the Princeton men's tennis team with doubles play at two tournaments in Florida.
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At the USTA Collegiate Clay Court Invitational in Orlando, Tom Colautti and Zack McCourt (photo at right) fell to Georgia Tech's national 20th-ranked Carlos Benito and Eduardo Segura 6-2, 6-4 in the event's B draw final, with both the A draw and B draw having been filled evenly in terms of difficulty.
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"Zack and Tom played a good match today against a very strong Georgia Tech team," Princeton head coach Billy Pate said. "We were up 4-2 in the second set and just missed on some opportunities. Unfortunately, we were broken three times on no-ad points, so we had our looks. Georgia Tech played well on those big points and deserved to win. Nonetheless, I was very encouraged with our doubles play this weekend. Zack managed to play through an injury and showed a great deal of resolve. Additionally, Luke and Alex had three good wins in securing the top flight of doubles at the FGCU event. Overall, it was an exceptionally productive week of practice and competition. We'll look to get back to the practice courts this week and finish off our fall competition with the four guys playing next weekend."
"Zack and Tom played a good match today against a very strong Georgia Tech team," Princeton head coach Billy Pate said. "We were up 4-2 in the second set and just missed on some opportunities. Unfortunately, we were broken three times on no-ad points, so we had our looks. Georgia Tech played well on those big points and deserved to win. Nonetheless, I was very encouraged with our doubles play this weekend. Zack managed to play through an injury and showed a great deal of resolve. Additionally, Luke and Alex had three good wins in securing the top flight of doubles at the FGCU event. Overall, it was an exceptionally productive week of practice and competition. We'll look to get back to the practice courts this week and finish off our fall competition with the four guys playing next weekend."
At the Florida Gulf Coast Fall Invitational in Fort Myers, Princeton's three doubles teams in the event were in action, with Alex Day and Luke Gamble winning the A draw 8-5 over Tulane's Sebastian Rey and Constantin Schmitz.
Princeton will send players back to the Sunshine State next weekend for the Lakewood Ranch Invitational in Sarasota on the final weekend of the fall season.
Princeton's results from Sunday are below, as are links to earlier recaps. Updated draws are available at the PDF links on this page.
Thursday Recap | Friday Recap | Saturday Recap
USTA Collegiate Clay Court Invitational
Doubles
Final
B Draw
(20) Carlos Benito/Eduardo Segura (Georgia Tech) def. Tom Colautti/Zack McCourt (Princeton), 6-2, 6-4
Florida Gulf Coast Fall Invitational
Doubles
Final
A Draw
Alex Day/Luke Gamble (Princeton) def. Sebastian Rey/Constantin Schmitz (Tulane), 8-5
Consolation
B Draw
Florin Radu/Ben Tso (Princeton) def. Guillaume Vanelven/Fons Verberne (St. Leo), 8-4
C Draw
Mohamed El Tonbari/Dan Richardson (Princeton) def. Evan Karatzas/Sam Meessen (Nicholls State), 8-5